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Beethoven: Mass in C with Richard Blackford: Mirror of Perfection
Two, thrilling choral classics, performed by the 140 voices of Worcester Festival Choral Society
Part of the Worcester Festival Choral Society 2023-24 Season
Add to my Calendar 16-03-2024 19:30 16-03-2024 21:30 36 Beethoven: Mass in C with Richard Blackford: Mirror of Perfection Two, thrilling choral classics - one old, one new - are coming to Worcester Cathedral on 16 March 2024, performed by the 140 voices of Worcester Festival Choral Society. Beethoven’s radiant Mass in C major was commissioned by Prince Nikolaus Esterházy II in 1807. Containing some of the composer’s most sublime music for voices, the Mass is regarded as one of Beethoven’s most moving works. The concert also includes Richard Blackford's breathtakingly beautiful 1996 cantata, Mirror of Perfection, expressively set to poems by St Francis of Assisi. Worcester Cathedral, Worcester DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Worcester Cathedral
8 College Yard
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR1 2LA
England
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven – Mass in C major, Op.86
Richard Blackford – Mirror of Perfection
Performers
Susanna Fairbairn – soprano
Samantha Price – mezzo-soprano
Gwilym Bowen – Tenor
Dominic Sedgwick – baritone
Samuel Hudson – Conductor
Worcester Festival Choral Society
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Programme Note
Two, thrilling choral classics - one old, one new - are coming to Worcester Cathedral on 16 March 2024, performed by the 140 voices of Worcester Festival Choral Society.
Beethoven’s radiant Mass in C major was commissioned by Prince Nikolaus Esterházy II in 1807. Containing some of the composer’s most sublime music for voices, the Mass is regarded as one of Beethoven’s most moving works.
The concert also includes Richard Blackford's breathtakingly beautiful 1996 cantata, Mirror of Perfection, expressively set to poems by St Francis of Assisi.
