Mozart still the master

Virginia Kerr will perform the famous Requiem at the opening of the Cork International Choral Festival, writes Colette Sheridan

FOR the first time in her stellar career, soprano Virginia Kerr will perform at the Cork International Choral Festival on May 2. The Dublin-born singer will be one of the soloists at the opening gala performance of Mozart’s final masterpiece, Requiem, at City Hall.

The Orchestra of St Cecelia will lead the Goethe-Institut Choir with Kerr’s singing interspersed throughout the requiem. Her most recent performance of Requiem was at St Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin on Good Friday.