MASS IN c, K. 427 GREAT ORGAN: Laudamus Te

Tonalité : Es-Dur -. Par HAYDN FRANZ JOSEF. Haydn's so-called Great Organ Solo Mass in E flat major is among those works by Joseph Haydn which early in its history enjoyed widespread dissemination. The E flat major Mass, with an unusual scoring including two English horns in the orchestra, was composed around 1770 during the first years of Haydn’s tenure as Music Director for the Court of Esterházy. Despite the readily playable, effective part for organ, employed prominently as a solo instrument in the piece, the Missa in honorem Beatissimae Virginis Mariae, which was composed for a Feast to the Blessed Virgin Mary, is seldom performed today. The new critical edition hopes to stimulate new interest in this work./ Répertoire / Solistes SATB, SATB et Orchestre

Missa Puerorum (Kleiner Und Leichter Messgesang). Par RHEINBERGER JOSEF GABRIEL. Of Josef Rheinberger's eighteen masses, five are for unaccompanied voices, four with accompaniment by a small instrumental ensemble and nine with organ. Among the last group the 'leicht ausführbare' (easy to perform) works take a special place: Considered by their composer as purely 'utility music', they achieved great popularity during his lifetime and soon became part of the standard repertory of small church choirs. / Messe / Répertoire / Solo S (Choeur S) et Orgue