University of York Choir & Symphony Orchestra at York Minster, York on Saturday 8th June 2024

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University of York Choir & Symphony Orchestra

Add to my Calendar 08-06-2024 19:30 08-06-2024 21:30 36 University of York Choir & Symphony Orchestra University Choir, The 24 and University Symphony Orchestra join forces in the historic setting of York Minster for Mozart’s ‘Great’ Mass in C minor, providing a magnificent finale to our 2023/24 season. First performed in Salzburg in 1783, Mozart’s Mass in C minor remained incomplete on the composer’s death in 1791. Nevertheless, the piece works wonderfully in concert and is widely considered to be one of Mozart’s greatest choral works. While demonstrating the pomp and solemnity of Salzburgian traditions at the time, the Mass looks forward to Haydn’s symphony-masses and Mozart’s late operas – the Da Ponte trilogy, La clemenza di Tito and Die Zauberflöte – with some spectacular arias, a duet and a trio. The programme also includes a selection of works by Bruckner – as we celebrate the two-hundredth anniversary of the composer’s birth – including his great Te Deum in C which Bruckner described as ‘the pride of his life.’ York Minster, York DD/MM/YYYY

Details

York Minster
Deangate
York
YO1 7HH
England

Saturday 8th June 2024
7:30 PM

Programme

Anton Bruckner – Te Deum, WAB 45
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Mass in C minor, K.427/417a

Performers

University of York Symphony Orchestra
University of York Choir

Programme Note

University Choir, The 24 and University Symphony Orchestra join forces in the historic setting of York Minster for Mozart’s ‘Great’ Mass in C minor, providing a magnificent finale to our 2023/24 season. First performed in Salzburg in 1783, Mozart’s Mass in C minor remained incomplete on the composer’s death in 1791. Nevertheless, the piece works wonderfully in concert and is widely considered to be one of Mozart’s greatest choral works. While demonstrating the pomp and solemnity of Salzburgian traditions at the time, the Mass looks forward to Haydn’s symphony-masses and Mozart’s late operas – the Da Ponte trilogy, La clemenza di Tito and Die Zauberflöte – with some spectacular arias, a duet and a trio. The programme also includes a selection of works by Bruckner – as we celebrate the two-hundredth anniversary of the composer’s birth – including his great Te Deum in C which Bruckner described as ‘the pride of his life.’

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