The Questa Musica choir and the State Academic Chamber Orchestra of Russia under the direction of conductor Philipp Chizhevsky will delight lovers of classical music. Mozart's Requiem is a rare case where classical music speaks directly, without a plot or decorations: everything relies on the human voice and how the orchestra breathes together with the choir. This score seems to be written on the border between the earthly and the otherworldly: strict harmonies, flashes of anxiety, sudden illuminations. The piece has a legendary trail - the composer did not manage to finish the work, and therefore each measure sounds like a letter cut off mid-sentence. On this evening, KV 626 will be performed by the State Academic Chamber Orchestra of Russia and the Questa Musica choir - a collective that knows how to work with large forms so that details can be heard. The choir here is not a background, but the main character: sometimes it whispers almost silently, sometimes it rises like a wall, and sometimes it breaks into thin lines, like light in a stained glass. At the podium is Philipp Chizhevsky. He gathers sound with cold clarity, carefully building the balance between string and vocal lines and does not allow the music to dissolve into prettiness. The lineup of soloists promises a rich palette of timbres: soprano Nadezhda Pavlova, countertenor Ivan Borodulin, tenor Ruslan Babaev, and bass Jasur Khaydarov. In such an ensemble, transitions from almost chamber-like phrases to powerful choral climaxes are particularly acute - when "Dies irae" flashes like lightning, and "Lacrimosa" sounds as if time slows down. Find other events in Moscow on KudaGo.