RTS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND CHOIR WITH ROMAN SIMOVIĆ AND SRBOLJUB DINIĆ FOR THE DAY OF THE GRAND HALL OF KOLARAC FOUNDATION
The Day of the Grand Hall of Kolarac Foundation – February 4th – will be marked by a spectacular concert featuring the Radio Television Serbia (RTS) Choir and Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Srboljub Dinić. On this occasion, Mozart’s Requiem and Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35 will be performed, with one of the most renowned violinists of his generation, Roman Simović, as the soloist.
The concert starts at 8:00 PM, and tickets can be purchased online with no additional charges or commissions via the provided link.
Ticket prices are 1200, 1500, and 2000 dinars.
Located in the university district at the heart of Belgrade, Kolarac Foundation has been nurturing the spirit of the city for decades through quality educational and cultural programs. Its multifunctionality makes it an essential part of Belgrade’s tourism offer when it comes to cultural attractions, attracting not only locals but also visitors from all over Serbia and abroad.
Mozart’s Requiem is one of the most famous works, and its popularity partly stems from the legend surrounding its creation. While there are fictional stories about a mysterious messenger who commissioned the work, the actual circumstances are much simpler. Mozart, under great pressure and with deteriorating health, was obsessed with completing the Requiem, which he considered his “death song.” He began the work in 1791 but did not manage to finish it before his death. He completed the movements Introitus and Kyrie, as well as vocal sections and continuo for the sequences Dies irae, Tuba mirum, Rex tremendae, Recordare, and Lacrimosa, while the rest was completed by his student Zismajer at the request of Mozart’s widow, Constanze.
Although the mystery of the work’s commissioner is now resolved, the mystique surrounding it has given it an eternal stamp. Despite being a Requiem, it remains one of the most popular pieces in music history. When composing the Violin Concerto, Tchaikovsky followed his emotions, and he himself said that he could barely follow his thoughts and record their flight on the path into the unknown. Thanks to this, he wrote it in a record short time, just two weeks, but the work received a very poor reception from critics. Leading violinists of the time considered it unplayable, and the famous Viennese critic Eduard Hanslick, outraged, was among the harshest critics who publicly commented negatively on the work after its first performance in the fall of 1875. The bad reviews spread to Moscow and Leningrad, and then it stopped, while the Concerto continued to tour the world and has yet to stop its journey.