Petite Messe Solennelle: Salford Choral Society at Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester on Saturday 11th November 2023

Please note: This concert is in the past and has already taken place.

Petite Messe Solennelle

Salford Choral Society

Add to my Calendar 11-11-2023 19:30 11-11-2023 21:30 36 Petite Messe Solennelle Experience Rossini’s colourful Petite Messe Solennelle with a twist.  Salford Choral Society present a version with mixed voices, piano and accordion instead of the usual harmonium. The most substantial of Rossini’s works, this piece offers colour and drama and vibrant rhythms throughout. The title exemplifies Rossini’s sense of humour, as the piece is neither small nor solemn! The choir will also perform Palestrina’s Sicut Cervus, a polyphonic motet setting of Psalm 42, v1-3. Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Royal Northern College of Music
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9RD
England

Saturday 11th November 2023
7:30 PM

Programme

Gioachino Rossini – Petite messe solennelle
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Sicut Cervus

Performers

Roderick Barrand – piano
Tom Newall – Conductor
Ben de Souza – accordion
Sarah Helsby-Hughes – soprano
Philip Clieve – tenor
Miles Oliver Taylor – Bass
Kathleen Wilkinson – mezzo-soprano

Salford Choral Society

Programme Note

Experience Rossini’s colourful Petite Messe Solennelle with a twist. Salford Choral Society present a version with mixed voices, piano and accordion instead of the usual harmonium.

The most substantial of Rossini’s works, this piece offers colour and drama and vibrant rhythms throughout. The title exemplifies Rossini’s sense of humour, as the piece is neither small nor solemn!

The choir will also perform Palestrina’s Sicut Cervus, a polyphonic motet setting of Psalm 42, v1-3.

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