An additional highlight of this concert evening is the Great Mass in C Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in a new, revised version by the American Mozart scholar Robert D. Levin, who tries to complete the mass left uncompleted by Mozart. Levin’s version of the mass was first performed at Carnegie Hall in New York in 2005.

The Berlin Sing-Akademie, founded by Carl Christian Friedrich Fasch in 1791, until the early 20th century was not only an outstanding institution of choral music, but also an important intellectual and cultural center in Berlin, whose influence radiated throughout Germany. Its members included Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Meyerbeer and many other composers. Goethe, Schadow, Hegel, Wilhelm von Humboldt and other prominent figures were closely associated with the Sing-Akademie. The archive of the Berlin Sing-Akademie—taken to Kiev after the Second World War—was returned to Berlin only in 1999.

Performing artists:

EuropaChorAkademie and Mendelssohn-Symphonia
under the direction of Joshard Daus

Claudia Barainsky – Soprano

Gabriele Künzle – Mezzo-Soprano

Thomas Dewald – Tenor

Ulf Bästlein – Bass