Haydn - Beauty and Drama: Pakefield Singers present a Haydn Double Bill at St Margaret's Church, Lowestoft on Saturday 28th October 2023

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Haydn - Beauty and Drama

Pakefield Singers present a Haydn Double Bill

Add to my Calendar 28-10-2023 19:30 28-10-2023 21:30 36 Haydn - Beauty and Drama On the programme are two iconic works by Joseph Haydn: his sweet and lyrical Missa Brevis in F, also known as the “Jugendmesse” (Youth Mass), written in his own youth: and also, his powerful and dramatic Nelson Mass, a mature product of the flowering of his great compositional gifts. The ‘Nelson’ is the most substantial of Haydn’s masses and probably the most well-known. Why the title ‘Nelson’ no one can be sure- but it was certainly written within a month of the decisive Battle of the Nile in 1798, at which Admiral Lord Nelson was victorious, and by the time of the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 it was routinely referred to as the “Nelson mass”.    The programme also includes Monteverdi’s magical and well-loved setting of Psalm 112, Beatus Vir. St Margaret's Church, Lowestoft DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Margaret's Church
Hollingsworth Road
Lowestoft
Suffolk
NR32 4BW
England

Saturday 28th October 2023
7:30 PM

Programme

Joseph Haydn – Mass no.11 in D minor 'Nelson', Hob.XXII:11
Claudio Monteverdi – Beatus Vir, SV 268
Joseph Haydn – Missa Brevis in F major, Hob XXII.1

Performers

Vetta Wise – Conductor

Pakefield Singers
Pakefield Players
Aurora Consort

Programme Note

On the programme are two iconic works by Joseph Haydn: his sweet and lyrical Missa Brevis in F, also known as the “Jugendmesse” (Youth Mass), written in his own youth: and also, his powerful and dramatic Nelson Mass, a mature product of the flowering of his great compositional gifts.

The ‘Nelson’ is the most substantial of Haydn’s masses and probably the most well-known. Why the title ‘Nelson’ no one can be sure- but it was certainly written within a month of the decisive Battle of the Nile in 1798, at which Admiral Lord Nelson was victorious, and by the time of the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 it was routinely referred to as the “Nelson mass”.

The programme also includes Monteverdi’s magical and well-loved setting of Psalm 112, Beatus Vir.

Pakefield Singers present a Haydn Double Bill

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