Haydn: Nelson Mass at Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford on Saturday 9th June 2018

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

Haydn: Nelson Mass

Add to my Calendar 09-06-2018 19:30 09-06-2018 21:30 36 Haydn: Nelson Mass The Oxford Bach Choir's summer concert mixes youth and experience. Haydn's Nelson Mass was written when its composer was in his mid-sixties, at a time of great international tension. It is arguably the finest of his many masses, filled with drama and a wide range of emotions from terror to joy. Handel's setting of the vesper psalm Dixit Dominus, on the other hand, dates from his visit to Italy in his early twenties. His first major choral work, Dixit Dominus bubbles with energy and excitement, and a youthful swagger. It is also a great vocal showpiece, full of music to test a choir to its limits. Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Sheldonian Theatre
Broad Street
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX1 3AZ
England

Saturday 9th June 2018
7:30 PM

Programme

Joseph Haydn – Mass no.11 in D minor 'Nelson', Hob.XXII:11
George Frideric Handel – Dixit Dominus, HWV 232

Performers

Paul Spicer – Conductor
Elizabeth Skinner – soprano
Catherine Carby – Alto
Daniel Auchincloss – Tenor
Tristan Hambleton – Bass

Oxford Bach Choir
Instruments of Time and Truth

Programme Note

The Oxford Bach Choir's summer concert mixes youth and experience. Haydn's Nelson Mass was written when its composer was in his mid-sixties, at a time of great international tension. It is arguably the finest of his many masses, filled with drama and a wide range of emotions from terror to joy. Handel's setting of the vesper psalm Dixit Dominus, on the other hand, dates from his visit to Italy in his early twenties. His first major choral work, Dixit Dominus bubbles with energy and excitement, and a youthful swagger. It is also a great vocal showpiece, full of music to test a choir to its limits.

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