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Oxford Town Hall
Saint Aldate's
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX1 1BX
England
Programme
Joseph Haydn – Mass no.11 in D minor 'Nelson', Hob.XXII:11
Felix Mendelssohn – Lauda Sion, Op.73
Performers
Ruth Jenkins-Robertsson – soprano
Heather Jill Burns – mezzo-soprano
Austin Gunn – Tenor
Andri Björn Róbertsson – Bass Baritone
Robert Secret – Conductor
Oxford Harmonic Choir
Orchestra of Stowe Opera
Other concerts in this Series (+)
Programme Note
The magnificent Nelson Mass is one of Haydn’s six late great masses and, according to H.C. Robbins Landon, ‘arguably Haydn’s greatest single composition’. From the dramatic opening Kyrie, with the soaring soprano solo line, to the exuberant Dona Nobis Pacem, the music pulsates with energy and unflagging vitality. There are many shifts of mood and tone but the final effect is celebratory. It is the work of a composer at the height of his powers. Mendelssohn’s uplifting and lovely Lauda Sion, written to celebrate the 600th anniversary of the Feast of Corpus Christi, for the Church of St Martin in Liège, completes the programme. Not to be missed!
