Mozart's "Coronation Mass" and the Classical Tradition June 5th 2011
On Sunday, June 5th, the beautiful St. Pius Church in Osceola will be the very special setting for a concert that will feature Mozart's Coronation Mass and some rediscovered masterpieces by the Salzburg genius . Presented by the Ottawa Valley Music Festival, the concert will feature original instrumentation, thus placing the music in its proper historical setting.
The Coronation Mass was composed in Salzburg in 1779 after Mozart had returned destitute from an ill-fated job-hunting trip to Paris. In need of money and to please his father, the composer took up a position with the Archbishop of Salzburg, for which he was expected to "unbegrudgingly and with great diligence discharge his duties both in the cathedral and at court and in the chapel house, and as occasion presents, to provide the court and church with new compositions of his own creation". The Coronation Mass was one of the first pieces he wrote. It is generally known as the Coronation Mass because it was performed during the crowning of Leopold II and Francis I in Prague. Mozart was very popular in Prague as The Marriage of Figaro had been a huge success there.
The Chorus and Orchestra, under the baton of Eganville's Mervin Fick, will be joined by guest soloists, sopranos Verena Von Stritzky and Francine Morency, bass Michael Downie, and tenor Brian MacIntosh.
Also on the programme are Divertimenti, other sacred Choral settings and an Epistle Sonata by Mozart. The Epistle Sonatas were only discovered in 1940!
Tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for students, free for children under 12. For more information call Lesley at (613) 754-5217 or visit www.valleyfestival.ca
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