2011-2012 Season
MOZART Requiem: November 11-12 >
MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS: December 2-4 >
HANDEL Messiah: December 14 >
ORFF Carmina Burana: February 24-25 >
BEETHOVEN Missa Solemnis: May 11-12 >

Ludwig van BeethovenChristopher Warren-Green, conducting
Tamara Wilson, soprano
Nancy Maultsby, mezzo-soprano
Yeghishe Manucharyan, tenor
Richard Zeller, baritone
Missa Solemnis is considered by many to be Beethoven's crowning achievement. It took Beethoven 3 years to compose this imposing and highly personal work. Beethoven began composing Missa Solemnis in 1819. It was first performed on April 7, 1824 in St. Petersburg. The work was dedicated to Archduke Rudolf of Austria, archbishop of Olomouc, Beethoven's primary patron as well as pupil and friend. The copy presented to Rudolf was inscribed "From the heart – may it return to the heart!" Read more. >
MOZART Requiem: November 11-12 >
MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS: December 2-4 >
HANDEL Messiah: December 14 >
ORFF Carmina Burana: February 24-25 >
BEETHOVEN Missa Solemnis: May 11-12 >