Peter Gelb, the Met’s Maria Manetti Shrem General Manager, said, “Mozart’s Requiem is to remember the innocent victims of the war, and Beethoven’s Fifth is in anticipation of the victory to come.” Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin said, “I am proud to lead the great Met Orchestra and Chorus as we continue to use music, an instrument of peace and healing, to show support for the people of Ukraine as they continue their quest for peace and an end to this war.”
PROGRAM:
Ukrainian National Anthem
By Mykhailo Verbytsky
Requiem, K. 626
By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Soloists: Golda Schultz, Emily D’Angelo, Dmytro Popov, and Vladyslav Buialskyi
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op.67
By Ludwig van Beethoven
“Prayer for Ukraine”
By Valentin Silvestrov