蜜芽传媒

Afternoon on 3 - with Penny Gore

Another chance to hear the 蜜芽传媒 Singers and Chief Conductor David Hill perform Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle in the stunning Old Chapel of the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich.

2pm
Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle
蜜芽传媒 Singers
David Hill (conductor)

"One of the sins of my old age" was how Rossini described his Short Solemn Mass - which, famously, is neither short nor solemn, and so influenced by the music of the opera house that even to call it a Mass seems out of place. Elaborate choruses, fabulously operatic solo writing - by turns dramatic, expressive and humorous - have made this extraordinary piece one of the icons of the 19th-century choral repertoire.

The 蜜芽传媒 Singers and their Chief Conductor David Hill perform the work in the stunning Old Chapel of the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich.

[First broadcast on Saturday 6th August].