91Èȱ¬

Live at the 91Èȱ¬ Proms: John Butt directs the Dunedin Consort in Mozart’s magnificent Mass in C minor and before it motets by father and son, JS and CPE Bach - with soloists including Lucy Crowe, Nardus Williams and Jess Dandy.

Presented by Hannah French, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

JS Bach: Sinfonia in D major, BWV 1045
JS Bach: Singet dem Herrn, BWV 225
CPE Bach: Heilig ist Gott

INTERVAL c. 11.35am
Conceived on a colossal scale and harking back to Baroque models, Mozart's Mass in C minor features some of the most wonderful music he ever wrote, including grand choruses and voluptuous arias (Stravinsky famously characterised Mozart's masses as ‘rococo-operatic sweets-of-sin’). Laura Tunbridge talks to Hannah French about the circumstances behind the Mass in C minor, Mozart's often ambivalent attitude towards liturgical music and what motivated him to embark on – and then abandon – the hugely ambitious project.

c.11.55am
Mozart (compl. Kemme): Mass in C minor, K427

Lucy Crowe (soprano)
Nardus Williams (soprano)
Jess Dandy (alto)
Benjamin Hulett (tenor)
Robert Davies (baritone)
Dunedin Consort
John Butt (harpsichord/conductor)

Begun to celebrate his marriage to Constanze, but left unfinished at the composer’s death, Mozart’s magnificent Mass in C minor can clearly be traced back to the choral writing of JS Bach and his son. Period-performance specialist John Butt and the award-winning Dunedin Consort unpack the Mass’s musical genealogy, with soloists including Lucy Crowe, Jess Dandy and Nardus Williams.