{"id":7017,"date":"2024-04-22T11:11:29","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T17:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=7017"},"modified":"2024-04-22T11:11:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T17:11:29","slug":"continuing-mozarts-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/22\/continuing-mozarts-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Continuing Mozart\u2019s legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pete Mendoza<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Mozart-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Mozart-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Mozart-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Mozart-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Mozart-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Mozart.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vaquero Radio \/ Pete Mendoza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Mozart_mixdown.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The UTRGV Symphony, Orchestra and Choirs played Mozart\u2019s Requiem April 16 at the TSC Performing Arts Center on the Brownsville Campus and April 17 at the UTRGV Performing Arts Complex in Edinburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assistant professor of Choral Studies Matthew Coffey said Mozart\u2019s Requiem is a piece that Mozart was not able to finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cIt was written in 1791 by Mozart,\u201d Coffey said. \u201cIt was written as a commission. 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