‘MOZART Requiem - ORFF Carmina Burana’

"La Badinerie, mixed choir from Louvain-la-Neuve, presents an exceptional concert organised in for the benefit of the charity ""Solidarité Grands Froids"".

The choir will be performing two major works from the repertoire: Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART's Requiem and Carl ORFF's Carmina burana in the majestic Henry Le Bœuf Hall at the Brussels' Palais des Beaux-Arts.

Soloists Rita Matos Alves soprano, Aveline Monnoyer mezzo-soprano, Berus Komarschela tenor and Samuel Namotte baritone and the 120 choristers of La Badinerie will be accompanied by pianists Mariano Ferrandez Castillo and Bernard Guiot, and by an ensemble of five percussionists, under the musical direction of Laëndi.

Mozart's Requiem will be performed in the version completed by Joseph Eybler and more recently by Robert Levin for some sections. This version has retained the orchestral structure and Süßmayr's contributions, while adjusting the orchestration, voice direction and other instrumental passages, in an attempt to bring the instrumentation more in line with Salzburg practice at that time.

Carl Orff's Carmina burana: the twenty-four songs of the cantata are framed by an invocation to Fortuna, the goddess of destiny and luck. They are organised into three main thematic sections: spring, the tavern and the courts of love.

The main mission of the non-profit organisation Solidarité Grands Froids is ""Helping the homeless to live with dignity"". In other words: to help people in moral, physical or social difficulty by organising fund-raising activities and distributing material goods to those in need. The main beneficiaries of these daily actions are the homeless in the Brussels region, who can benefit throughout the year from clothing, care products, shoes, school equipment for children, etc."