Hector Berlioz: Requiem op. 5, Grande Messe des morts

”If I were threatened with the destruction of all my works save one, I should crave mercy for the Requiem” said Hector Berlioz. Even for a composer who thought on an unprecedented scale his Grande Messe des Morts is something special: a colossal, apocalyptic musical fresco of the Day of Judgement. Nicholas Collon rallies the forces of heaven and earth, in an unmissable highlight of our season-long salute to music’s ultimate Romantic.