Rock Me Amadeus

Written in part as he lay dying, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s majestic Requiem is considered the composer’s greatest unfinished legacy. Completed by Austrian composer Franz Xaver Süssmayr and several of Mozart’s students, it’s an orchestral piece for chorus and vocal soloists commissioned by Count Franz von Walsegg, in memory of his late wife. Even within a body of work that spanned a lifetime (Mozart began to write music at age 6 and composed his first symphony at age 9), this final piece remains one of the composer’s most popular works. It was written in Vienna and premiered after the composer’s death in 1791.

Related Content

• JEFF the Brotherhood @ Rhythm Room
  May 17, 2012
• Children of Bodom @ Marquee Theatre
  February 9, 2012
• Contested Development
  January 26, 2012
• Albie Micklich
  September 23, 2010
• Bach in Time
  September 15, 2011

More About

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Michael Christie
• Franz von Walsegg
• Classical Music
• Arts, Entertainment, and Media

Like this Story?

Sign up for the Events Newsletter: What's happening in town? From underground club nights to the biggest outdoor festivals, our top picks for the week's best events will always keep you in on the action.

Privacy Policy Cancel Continue

Conducted by Michael Christie and performed by the Phoenix Symphony and Phoenix Symphony Chorus, the Requiem is included in a program featuring Alexander von Zemlinsky’s Fruhlingsbegräbnis (“Spring’s Funeral”) and as part of a showcase of compositions including Mozart’s Kyrie in F, K.33and Requiem, K. 626.