Masterworks 6-Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
Event Details
March 12, 2027 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
About his Missa Solemnis, Beethoven said, “My chief aim was to awaken and permanently instill spiritual feelings not only in the singers but in the listeners.” The work took four years to complete, though he was working on several other important projects — such as his final three piano sonatas and his Ninth Symphony — concurrently. The composer took a “solemn mass,” and because he was Beethoven, what could be a traditional, liturgical piece is transformed beneath his hands into an incredibly expressive, larger-than-life work of art.
The exploration within Missa Solemnis is vast; the listener can contemplate war and peace, prayer and turmoil, brotherhood and strife, humanity and higher power, realism and idealism. The range and stamina required of the vocalists and chorus are demanding throughout. You don’t want to miss this seldom performed and challenging work of music and voices!
PROGRAM
| Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) |
Missa Solemnis |
ARTISTS
Ken-David Masur, Conductor
Vocalists To Be Announced
Charleston Symphony Chorus (Nicholas Quardokus, Director)
College of Charleston Concert Choir