Mozart Great Mass in C Minor
Mozart Great Mass in C Minor
Mozart Regina coeli, K. 108
Mozart Symphony No. 36 in C major, K. 425, ‘Linz’
Mozart Great Mass in C minor, K. 427
Lucy Cox soprano
Sophie Bevan soprano
Alessandro Fisher tenor
Gareth Brynmor John baritone
Sir John Rutter conductor
Oxford Philharmonic Choir
In the summer of 1782, just before marrying, Mozart began work on his Great but incomplete Mass in C minor. Having encountered the masterpieces of Bach and Handel, Mozart began to reappraise his values as a composer. The result was the dark and otherworldly music Mozart completed as the torso of his score—a setting of the Ordinary of the Mass more profound in substance and grand in scale than any he had written before. Sir John Rutter conducts Mozart's monumental Great Mass in C minor, the culmination of a programme that includes the composer’s playful symphony composed during a brief stay in Linz and the Regina coeli, which comprises some of the most sublime music Mozart wrote for the church.
17 Apr 2025
Tickets: £18, £30, £40, £54
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Duration: 120 min
Venue: Sheldonian Theatre, Broad Street
(Students from £5)
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