Schubert’s Mass in A flat
This week on Choral Concert Peter Togni brings you what he calls “one of the most sublime mass settings on the planet”, Franz Schubert’s Mass in A Flat. One of 6 of his mass settings, this is Schubert at his most lyrical and most powerful, what he called his “Missa Solemnis” - as he was reflecting on the earlier work of the same name by Beethoven.
You will hear an incredible performance by the Monteverdi Choir and the Orchestre Revolutionaire et Romantique conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardner. You will also hear releases by the Vancouver Chamber Choir, and the choir of King’s College Cambridge.
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