Download 2016|2017

2016|2017
SOLEMN MOZART
Nuria Rial, soprano
Marianne Crebassa, alto
Benjamin Hulett, tenor
Andreas Wolf, bass
accentus
Insula orchestra
Laurence Equilbey, conductor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Vesperae solennes de confessore
Krönungsmesse
90 minutes with an interval
Insula orchestra and Laurence Equilbey
In 1779, Mozart curtailed his catastrophic stay in Paris, returning to Salzburg and, reluctantly,
to his position in the employment of Archbishop Colloredo. It was during this particularly
arduous period that he completed two major works of sacred music, the Coronation Mass,
followed a few months later by the Vesperae solennes de confessore. Despite their very
different dedicatees — Leopold II for the former, Saint Jerome for the latter — they are scored
for the same string section with no viola and contain two of the most moving melodies of all
sacred music: the Mass with its celebrated “Agnus Dei” and the Vesperae with its “Laudate
Dominum”.
After recording the Requiem for naïve, Laurence Equilbey, with Insula orchestra and
accentus, will be pursuing her exploration of Mozart by recording two of the Austrian
composer’s major works, including the celebrated Krönungsmesse, performed at the Salzburg
Mozartwoche in 2015.
PERSONNEL: orchestra 34, choir 27, soloists 4, 1 conductor & 3 accompanists
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE: 14-28 July 2016 / 26 August-18 September 2016
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