The programmes
Vivaldi, Requiem or organ?
The booking page carries three programmes: Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Mozart's Requiem and an organ concert. What each is, and how to pick the one you want.
Book the Vivaldi concert ↗Quick answer
The booking page prints three programmes under one ticket: Vivaldi's Four Seasons with shorter favourites, Mozart's Requiem and an organ concert. They are different evenings. The Four Seasons is the lively, familiar one, the Requiem is a solemn sacred work and the organ programme is a recital of church music. Look at which programme your date carries, and look again in your confirmation.
Three programmes, one booking page
The booking page for the Vivaldi concert prints a full description with three programmes in it. The first is headed Vivaldi's Four Seasons, the second Mozart's Requiem and the third Organ Concert. The page's title and its highlights point to Vivaldi, and the page also names Mozart and Saint-Saëns among its composers. Look at what your date carries, because the programme decides the evening. For the Vivaldi evening itself, start with the first two guides.
The Vivaldi programme
The Vivaldi programme lists Pachelbel's Canon, Vivaldi's Gloria, Albinoni's Adagio, Schubert's Ave Maria, Mozart's Ave verum and Alleluia, Saint-Saëns's The Swan and then the four concertos of The Four Seasons. Wikipedia notes that the Adagio credited to Albinoni dates from 1958 and was composed by Remo Giazotto, and that Pachelbel's Canon was written for three violins and continuo. It is a programme of familiar pieces, and the Seasons come last.
Mozart's Requiem
Wikipedia says the Requiem in D minor, K. 626, was composed in Vienna in late 1791 and was unfinished when Mozart died on 5 December that year. It was commissioned anonymously by Count Franz von Walsegg, and others finished it: the unfinished score went first to Joseph Eybler and later to Franz Xaver Süssmayr, who completed it. The booking page lists its parts, from the Introitus and Kyrie to the Sequence, Offertorium, Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei and Communio. It is a solemn work, in a church, and a very different mood from the Seasons.
The organ concert
The organ programme on the booking page lists church favourites. Among them are Bach's Toccata and Air, Handel's Largo from Xerxes, Gounod's and Schubert's settings of Ave Maria, Widor's Toccata, Franck's Panis angelicus and Massenet's Thaïs Meditation, together with a Largo from Vivaldi's Winter. The church's own website describes a Rieger organ made in 1892, with two manuals and 25 stops. If you love the sound of an organ in a church, this is the evening that centres on it.
How the etiquette differs
Wikipedia says sacred works offered as worship are not applauded, and names settings of requiem among them. Presented in an artistic context, such works still often get respectful silence for a long moment before any applause. For the Four Seasons the usual rule applies: Wikipedia says applause between movements is discouraged and reserved for the end of the whole work. In both cases, take your cue from the players and the audience.
Which to choose
Choose the Vivaldi programme if this is your first church concert, if you want the Four Seasons or if you are travelling with someone who wants a lively evening. Choose the Requiem if you want a serious work and are content with a quieter mood. Choose the organ concert if the instrument itself is your reason for coming. If you can see only one evening on your trip, the Vivaldi programme is the one the booking page's title points to.
Check your date
Open the booking page, pick the date you want and read the programme it shows, together with the start time. Then read your confirmation, which repeats both. If the programme is not the one you wanted, choose another date before you pay, or use a day's notice for a full refund. The three seating categories are the same choice whichever programme you pick, and the seat guide on this site applies to all of them.
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Frequently asked questions
Which programme is the Four Seasons?
The one headed Vivaldi's Four Seasons on the booking page. It closes with the four concertos.
Is the Requiem a different concert?
Yes. The booking page prints it as a separate programme. Look at what your date carries.
Is there an organ concert?
Yes, the booking page lists an organ concert as a third programme.
Should I clap at a Requiem?
Wikipedia says sacred works offered as worship are not applauded, and such works often get a long respectful silence first.
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