Mario Merz, 78

Merz was a leading member of the Italian Arte Povera movement. “Merz and his colleagues, who included his wife Marisa, used ordinary, ‘poor’ materials, both natural and manufactured, to create the most poetic, extraordinary effects. Their work gained international prominence in the late 1960s

Mozart Mass Reconstructed

A lost setting of a mass Mozart wrote for his wedding, has been reconstructed and will be performed for the first time since the ceremony. “Passages plundered for later works, after Mozart decided not to finish the piece, have been re-assembled and a final section written. The jigsaw puzzle has taken two years of research and composition, using records of Mozart’s work.”