A special concert of instrumental and vocal works pairs music by French composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges – celebrated swordsman, virtuoso violinist, and the first star classical composer of African ancestry – with that of his contemporary and rival Mozart.

Mozart’s Requiem puts the Glyndebourne Chorus in the spotlight. The composer’s emotionally-charged final work takes listeners from the darkness of the Day of Judgement through grief and loss to consolation and redemption in some of the greatest music Mozart would ever write.

There will also be a performance at Glyndebourne on Friday 9 December, as well as at Milton Keynes Theatre on 3 November, The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury on 10 November, Norwich Theatre Royal on 17 November and Liverpool Empire Theatre on 25 November.