»Flying Mozart«

In the organizer's words:

It's never happened before: radio choir meets breakdance!

An interdisciplinary production is a must in this anniversary year. They became famous with "Flying Bach" and have also danced to music by Beethoven, but they have never performed with a choir before: this joint scenic interpretation of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Requiem is just as uncharted territory for the highly acrobatic dancers of the celebrated dance group Flying Steps as it is for us. In this production, Mozart's touching funeral music, sung by the radio choir and embodied by dancers, becomes the basis for a musical-scenic narrative about highly topical issues that affect us all: Fears of the future, the threat of war and climate change, the responsibility and creative power of each individual and the related question: Despite everything, what gives us hope and courage for the future?

The unfinished score of Mozart's last work will be performed in a version for organ and string orchestra. The young musicians of the Deutsche Streicherphilharmonie will perform.

Never before has the Rundfunkchor met breakdance!

In this anniversary year, we cannot do without an interdisciplinary production. Flying Steps became famous with "Flying Bach", and they've also danced to music by Beethoven. But they have not yet performed with a choir: this joint staged interpretation of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Requiem is absolutely new territory for the acrobatically highly talented dancers of the acclaimed dance group, as it is for us. In this production, Mozart's poignant funeral music, sung by the Rundfunkchor and embodied by dancers, becomes the basis of a musical and dramatic story about highly topical issues that concern all of us: anxieties about the future, the threat of wars and climate change, each individual's responsibility and power to shape events, and the question closely related with this: What gives us-despite everything-hope and courage for the future?

The score of Mozart's last work, which remained incomplete, will be heard in a version for organ and string orchestra. The young musicians of the Deutsche Streicherphilharmonie (German String Philharmonic) will perform.