Two Exceptional Concerts on November 22 and 23, 2024, at 8:15 PM

➡️ Organized by La Badinerie ASBL and the CSCO Support Committee for Christians of the Orient
➡️ Location: the majestic Saint-Jean-Berchmans Church in Etterbeek, St. Michel College, Rond-Point Montgomery

:: Martín PALMERI's Misa Tango

Martín PALMERI is an Argentine composer and pianist. Recently, he composed an Overture and an Offertory dedicated to instrumental performances, which will be presented for the first time in Belgium.

➡️ He will play the piano part and be present from November 17. A unique collaboration in Belgium.
➡️ Participants:

• Gerardo AGNESE: bandoneon
• Martín PALMERI: piano
• Ensemble Musical Evasion: 10-piece string ensemble
• Rita MATOS ALVES: soloist
• LA BADINERIE: mixed choir from Louvain-la-Neuve
• Conductor: Laëndi

“Misatango was first performed in Buenos Aires on August 17, 1996. I wrote this piece to give my choirs a symphonic choral work that could connect us to the tango repertoire...”
— Martín PALMERI

➡️ Background of the Misatango
First created in 1996, Palmeri's Misatango faced a long journey for its originality and daring nature. Thanks to the enthusiasm of audiences and choir directors, Martín Palmeri’s tango genius has found new life.

➡️ Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART's Requiem
Version for two pianos, timpani, soloists, and choir.

➡️ Participants:

• Rita MATOS ALVES: soprano
• Aveline MONNOYER: mezzo-soprano
• Markus ENNSTHALLER: tenor
• Charles DEKEYSER: bass
• Mariano FERRANDEZ and Bernard GUIOT: pianists
• Dimitri DUMONT: timpani
• La Badinerie: mixed choir
• Conductor: Laëndi

➡️ Completion by Robert Levin
When Mozart passed away on the morning of December 5, 1791, he left his masterpiece, the Requiem, unfinished.

➡️ Less than three months later, a complete score was delivered to its "anonymous" commissioner. This masterpiece has intrigued musicians for over two centuries. ⏳

In 1960, musicologist Wolfgang Plath uncovered previously unknown sketches of the Requiem in a collection of Mozart's manuscripts in Berlin. ✍️ These “scraps of paper” given to Süssmayr by Constanze had not been used.

⚠️ The most important of these sketches suggested that Mozart intended to finish the Lacrimosa with a fugue on the word “Amen.” This was the clue Harvard musicologist Robert Levin needed for his own contribution to this masterpiece’s mystery.

✨ With this inspired and historically precise completion, Dr. Levin has offered a potential solution to the puzzle left by Mozart over two centuries ago.