Sunday
21
September
- Chapel
- Boys Choir
Schubert in G
As the first mass of the new season, we will perform Schubert's Mass in G major, D167.
Schubert, the son of a teacher, received music lessons at an early age. In 1808, at the age of eleven, he won a position as a choirboy in the Chapel Imperial – his kapellmeister was Antonio Salieri, who also taught the highly talented Schubert composition. After lessons, Salieri liked to treat his pupil to lemonade or lemon ice cream. Schubert wrote the Mass in G major when he was just 18 years old, completing it within six days.
The small-scale mass is short and rather simple; it remains one of Schubert's most frequently performed masses to this day. In the Imperial Chapel, the Vienna Boys Choir performs with members of the Vienna State Opera Men's Choir and members of the Vienna Philharmonic. The soprano and alto solos are sung by boys; Martin Schebesta conducts.
Schubert, the son of a teacher, received music lessons at an early age. In 1808, at the age of eleven, he won a position as a choirboy in the Chapel Imperial – his kapellmeister was Antonio Salieri, who also taught the highly talented Schubert composition. After lessons, Salieri liked to treat his pupil to lemonade or lemon ice cream. Schubert wrote the Mass in G major when he was just 18 years old, completing it within six days.
The small-scale mass is short and rather simple; it remains one of Schubert's most frequently performed masses to this day. In the Imperial Chapel, the Vienna Boys Choir performs with members of the Vienna State Opera Men's Choir and members of the Vienna Philharmonic. The soprano and alto solos are sung by boys; Martin Schebesta conducts.
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Please help us, if you can. Your donation - however small - is much appreciated.
Thank you!