Nov.
25
2012
Mass for troubled times
In his later years Franz Joseph Haydn personally enjoying great success and fame, but the world around him was in trouble
. In 1798 Haydn wrote Missa in Angustiis (“Mass for troubled times”) which may have been premiered the day Admiral Horatio Nelson defeated Napoleon in the Battle of the Nile. This late mass would gradually be called “Lord Nelson Mass.” It’s the first work on today’s choral hour. Listen as well for some outgoing music by Estonian composer,
Tags:Arvo Pärt, Haydn, Mass
