After a triumphant season debut in 2013 called "broad, wide-ranging and powerful" by the New York Times, Sacred Music in a Sacred Space begins its 2014-15 Choral season on Wednesday, October 22 at 7pm with Mozart's Mass in C minor, a majestic setting featuring double chorus.
The Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola and a phenomenal line-up of soloists under the direction of K. Scott Warren offer this iconic work on a program that opens with Haydn's Symphony No. 97.
Martha Guth, soprano
Marguerite Krull, soprano
Steven Caldicott Wilson, tenor
Christopher Dylan Herbert, baritone
An intensely personal, rule-breaking composition, Mozart's Great Mass in C minor is a riveting statement about the complex mixture of joy and pain in human relationships, one that transcended the proscribed Austrian Mass tradition at the time of its composition. Although Mozart was familiar with the works of Handel and Bach, it was not until this Mass that he organically assimilated Baroque counterpoint into his own style. Meanwhile, Haydn composed his Symphony No. 97 while living in London as the guest of German-born impresario Johann Peter Solomon. One of Haydn's most complex orchestral works, this "London" Symphony is a clear example of why Haydn became known as the "Father of the Symphony."
Mozart and Haydn thought very highly of each other, both as composers and as people. Mozart was sufficiently impressed by Haydn's string quartets that he composed six of his own that he dedicated to Haydn. The older composer, in turn, was aware of his stature as Europe's leading composer but acknowledged Mozart as his superior. The two works on this program shed light not only on each composer's considerable musical influence, but also on their deep personal and artistic relationship.
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 22nd @ 7 PM
