Robert Wiremu (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Porou) commemorates the tragedy of Air New Zealand Flight TE901 by reimagining Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Requiem, which was left unfinished at the time of his death in 1791.

Wiremu has imagined that one of the passengers may have had a state-of-the-art Walkman containing a recording of the Requiem. At the moment of impact, the notes are carried into the Antarctic air by the winds around Ross Island, up Mt Erebus, across from the continental mainland, over the icebergs of the surrounding seas. Fragmented, scattered, broken, the notes are often recognisable as Mozart, but not always.

Reimagining Mozart features the internationally acclaimed Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir and a chamber ensemble of instrumentalists under the direction of Voices founder and Music Director Dr Karen Grylls.

Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir
Karen Grylls Artistic Director
Jono Palmer Conductor
Mark Menzies Concertmaster
Catrin Johnsson Vocal Consultant & Rehearsal Assistant

ARTISTS
Jonathan Tanner Violin
Sharon Baylis Viola
Philippa Lodge Viola
James Bush Cello
Hugo Zanker Cello
Justin DeHart Vibraphone

PROGRAMME
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
Requiem in D minor K. 626 arr. Robert Wiremu

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