The Sixteen choir & orchestra

The Sixteen choir & orchestra

Haydn’s Nelson Mass

Thursday 16 February 2023, 19:30

Past Event
The Sixteen choir & orchestra Past Event

Programme

Mozart Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K.525
Mozart Vesperae solennes de confessore, K.339
Haydn Mass No. 11 in D minor, ‘Nelson Mass’

Performers

The Sixteen choir & orchestra
Harry Christophers conductor

Described by his biographer as ‘arguably his greatest single composition’, Haydn’s Nelson Mass was nicknamed the “Mass for Troubled Times”. Scored for strings, organ, trumpets and timpani, and written at a time of intense fear for the future of Austria, the result was a fiery and dramatic triumph over adversity, first performed on the day Nelson defeated Napoleon at the Battle of the Nile.

Also on the programme, Mozart’s much-loved Serenade and his delightful Vespers, a highlight of which must surely be the wonderful soprano solo Laudate Dominum.

‘The Sixteen are brilliant at lifting us up to another world.’ (The Telegraph)

‘Christophers is probably the best-known choral director in the world. For 40 years, his professional vocal ensemble, The Sixteen, has set the gold standard.’ (The Times)

Duration: to be confirmed – we will update this page as soon as we have running times. Please do not call the Box Office as they do not have any further information than that currently on our website. Most events last 2 – 2½ hours, evening events generally finishing no later than 10pm Monday to Saturday and 9pm on Sundays.

Ticket Information

£48, £39, £32, £26, £19

The Sixteen members: 10% off

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