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BEETHOVEN: MASS IN C

16th of March, 2024

BEETHOVEN - MASS IN C
RICHARD BLACKORD - MIRROR OF PERFECTION

Two, thrilling choral classics - one old, one new - are coming to Worcester Cathedral on 16 March 2024, performed by the 140 voices of Worcester Festival Choral Society.

Beethoven’s radiant Mass in C major was commissioned by Prince Nikolaus Esterházy II in 1807. Containing some of the composer’s most sublime music for voices, the Mass is regarded as one of Beethoven’s most moving works.

The concert also includes Richard Blackford's breathtakingly beautiful 1996 cantata, Mirror of Perfection, expressively set to poems by St Francis of Assisi.

 

 

Our outstanding soloists will be (pictured left, from top left clockwise) soprano Susanna Fairbairn, mezzo soprano Samantha Price, baritone Dominic Sedgwick and tenor Gwilym Bowen.
 
Accompanying will be the superb Meridian Sinfonia orchestra, and the conductor is Worcester Cathedral's director of music, Samuel Hudson. 

Tickets on sale from our Online Box Office and the TicketSource Hotline: 0333 666 3366

 

PLUS... FREE PRE-CONCERT TALK WITH COMPOSER RICHARD BLACKFORD
Worcester Cathedral Chapter House, Saturday 16 March, 4.45pm - 5.20pm.

If you're attending our Beethoven/Blackford concert on Saturday 16 March, why not also take the opportunity to meet award-winning composer Richard Blackford in this unmissable pre-concert talk? Relax with a free drink and nibbles, while hearing Richard’s insights about his beautiful cantata Mirror of Perfection prior to our performance that evening. There'll also be a Q&A session enabling you to find out more.

The Chapter House will be open from 4.30pm (accessed via the Cathedral nave and cloisters). The short talk and Q&As will take place from 4.45-5.20pm, and the event concludes at 5.30pm. 

Entry to the talk is free, but for numbers and seating please email tickets@wfcs.online by latest Wednesday 13 March to let us know you are coming, and how many people will be in your party. See you there!

 
Previous Concerts
 

A list of all our previous concerts from 1990 onwards can be see here

To see the old flyers from previous concerts click here