LVSO | W. A. MOZART. DIDŽIOSIOS MIŠIOS C-MOLL

June 6, 2025

LVSO concert hall

LVSO| W. A. ​​MOZART. GRAND MASS C-MOLL

W . A. Mozart. "Great Mass" in C minor, K. 427

Lauryna Bendžiūnaitė, soprano

Lina Dambrauskaitė, soprano

Karol Kašiuba, tenor

Žilvinas Steponas Miškinis, bass

Vilnius State Choir (conductor Artūras Dambrauskas)

Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra

Conductor Gintaras Rinkevičius

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's (1756-1791) High Mass in C minor is one of the grandest works of the great composer's entire creative legacy and one of the most famous works of sacred music in the world. W. A. ​​Mozart promised to create the high mass as a thank you for the healing of his fiancé Constanze Weber. He started writing the work in the summer of 1782 in Vienna, just before the wedding of the two. W.A. Mozart's father, Leopold Mozart, was unhappy with his son's choice of fiancée, although in his letters to his father, Wolfgang did not spare Constanze praise: "She is not ugly, but she is not beautiful either. Her whole beauty consists of two small black eyes and a beautiful figure. She's not witty, but she has enough sense to fulfill all her duties as a wife and mother... and the best heart in the world. I love her and she loves me with all her heart. Tell me, could I wish for a better wife?” wrote W. A. ​​Mozart. However, the father was not convinced. For obvious reasons, his letters to his son were later destroyed by Constanze. The couple got married in August 1782, but the Mass, which W.A. Mozart had promised to write, remained unfinished... The reasons for this are still unknown.

One ​​more thing is connected with the Mass riddle: why did W. A. ​​Mozart, freed from his job at the palace of the Salzburg manor and moved to Vienna, where church music was not in demand, began to write a work of exactly this genre? The most logical explanation, which is generally supported by the score, is the great discovery that W. A. ​​Mozart made before he began writing the Mass, which is late Baroque music, until then considered hopelessly out of date. In the Great Mass, W.A. Mozart combined two aspects - the pomp and solemnity characteristic of Salzburg of that period and the influence of the baroque music of Johann Sebastian Bach and Georg Friedrich Händel. The premiere of the work took place in October 1783 in Salzburg, in the presence of the composer himself - he was visiting his hometown because he wanted to introduce his wife to his father and sister. and more tickets you can contact: vipklientai@bilietai.lt Doors open: 18:00
Duration of the event: 1 hour. Breaks: none
Language of the event: Lithuanian
Children admitted for free: no
Age limit: N7
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