Beethoven - Mass in C major
19:30
Sat 7 Mar 2020
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Beethoven鈥檚 Fourth Symphony is sometimes overshadowed by the unsurpassable Third (see 6 February) and the dah-dah-dah-dah familiarity of the Fifth, but this is a major work by a composer in the thick of one of his most creative periods. Premiered the same year, the Mass in C major was described as 鈥榰nbearably ridiculous鈥� by the Hungarian prince who financed its creation, an unbearably ridiculous verdict on a work that bridges the church and the concert hall better than almost any other. In association with the Dresden Music Festival, tonight鈥檚 concert brings together the 大象传媒 Philharmonic, the Dresden Chamber Choir and four outstanding international soloists under the baton of Omer Meir Wellber.