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Missa in Angustiis — “Lord Nelson Mass”
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New Choral Recording – Haydn: Mass In Time Of War (‘Paukenmesse’) & Nelson Mass
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This December, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra releases a new recording on its own label, RPO Records, in collaboration with the City of London Choir. Undertaken as part of a well-received London concert series of Haydn's six late masses the recording, under the baton of the Choir's Artistic Director Hilary Davan Wetton, features the composer's two great settings written in response to troubled times and political disturbance.
The Nelson Mass ('Mass In Time Of Fear') is arguably Haydn's most dramatic and exciting mass - famous for its striking scoring, fine fugal writing and the thrilling syncopated 'amens' building to a shattering brass climax. Mass In Time Of War ('Paukenmesse') echoes this unrest with its famous prominent timpani part, yet the music concludes on a note of triumphant optimism.
Hilary Davan Wetton (Artistic Director, City of London Choir) says of this recording,
"The late Haydn Masses are arguably the pinnacle of Haydn's achievement; they demonstrate a mastery of choral and orchestral techniques unmatched in the period. For both the City of London Choir and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra preparing, performing an
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Missa Sancti Nicolai
| Missa Sancti Nicolai | |
|---|---|
| Key | G major |
| Catalogue | Hob. XXII/6 |
| Composed | 1772 (1772) |
| Vocal | SATB choir and soloists |
| Instrumental | orchestra |
Missa Sancti Nicolai, Mass No. 6 in G major, Hob. XXII/6, also known as the Nicolaimesse, is a mass by Joseph Haydn, composed around 1772 and revised in 1802.[1]
The work is scored for SATB soloists and choir, two oboes, two horns, strings, and organ. The revision added trumpets and timpani.[1]
Like most Austrian masses, the work consists of six movements:
- Kyrie Allegretto, G major, 6/4
- Gloria Vivace, G major, common time
- "Quoniam tu solus sanctus" Allegro, common time
- Credo Allegro, G major, 3/4
- "Et incarnatus est" Adagio, G minor, common time
- "Et resurrexit" Allegro, G major, 3/4
- Sanctus Adagio, G major, common time
- "Pleni sunt coeli" Allegro, G major, 3/4
- Benedictus Moderato, D major, common time
- "Osanna in excelsis" Allegro, G major, 3/4
- Agnus Dei Adagio, G minor, 3/4
- "Dona nobis pacem" Allegretto, G major, 6/4
References
[edit]- ^ abGreen, Jonathan D. (2002). A conductor's guide to choral-orchestral works, classical period. Scarecrow Press. pp. 43–45. ISBN .