Name: Beethoven's Mass in C major
Start: 2022-06-29T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-06-29T00:00:00.000Z
Location: The Sheldonian Theatre

Organization

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Eilana Lappalainen

Soprano

Keri Fuge

Sopran

Contralto

Marta Fontanals-Simmons

Tenor

Joshua Ellicott

Bass

Ashley Riches

Chorus master

David Temple

Conductor

Peter Tiboris

Others

Crouch End Festival Chorus

Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra

Beethoven's Mass in C major

Oxford

United Kingdom

The Sheldonian Theatre

Public

The Consecration of the House, op. 124

Ah! Perfido

Mass in C Major, op. 86

Approved

Beethoven’s primary concern in his radiant Mass in C major was ‘not God or princes, but the human being entering the church.’ A combination of spirituality and humanity can be felt in almost every bar of the piece, which treated the text and sentiments of the Mass as they had never been treated before. The result is a humble, beautiful contemplation of the divine, invested with Beethoven’s innovating, symphonic designs – one of his most unusual and touching works, and a fitting tribute to the composer himself, two-and-a-half centuries on from his birth. Greek-American conductor Peter Tiboris is at the helm of the Orchestra for a concert which also includes Beethoven’s great concert aria Ah! perfido.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Crew

Ensemble