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Mozart's Coronation Mass in Building Library with Joseph McHardy and Andrew McGregor

Mahaliah Edwards joins Andrew McGregor for a look at some of the week's classical music new releases, and Joseph McHardy picks his favourite recording of Mozart's Coronation Mass.

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Joseph McHardy picks his favourite recording of Mozart's Coronation Mass.

Mozart's Mass in C major, K.317, was written in 1779 in Salzburg. Having just returned to his home city after 18 months of fruitless job hunting in Paris and Mannheim, Mozart's father got him a job as court organist and composer at Salzburg Cathedral. The mass was probably premiered there on Easter Sunday, 4 April 1779. The first documented performance was at the coronation of Francis II as Holy Roman Emperor in 1792, and the mass became very popular at the Viennese court, earning the nickname Kr枚nungsmesse (Coronation Mass) in the early nineteenth century after becoming the preferred music for royal and imperial coronations as well as services of thanksgiving.

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A major K.622 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Wenzel Fuchs. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Alan Gilbert.
    • Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings.
    • 3.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Ein Deutsches requiem Op.45 (Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen)

    Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45.
    • BIS.
    • 102.

  • Henryk Wieniawski

    Legende Op. 17

    Performer: Maxim Brilinsky.
    • Hanssler.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dances Nos. 1 and 7

    Orchestra: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Roberto Abbado.
    • BR Klassik.

  • George Frederick McKay

    String Quartet No. 1 "American Sketches" (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Formosa Quartet.
    • Orchid.

  • Philipp Scharwenka

    Violin Sonata No. 2 in E Minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Yoerae Kim. Performer: Matteo Weber.
    • Capriccio.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Souvenir de Florence Op.70 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 1.

  • Zlatomir Fung

    Fantasy on Jen暖fa

    Composer: Leos Jan谩膷ek. Performer: Zlatomir Fung. Performer: Richard Fu.
    • Fantasies.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 101.

  • Gordon Jacob

    Suite for Bassoon and String Quartet (Prelude)

    Performer: Laurence Perkins. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Jenufa (Act 2 Opening)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Jan谩膷ek: Jen暖fa.
    • LSO Live.
    • 110.

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  • Sat 3 May 2025 14:00
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