Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Prélude zu Te Deum (1692)
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Les Airs de Trompettes, Timbales et hautbois (1686)
André Danican Philidor
Marche à quatre timbales pour le carrousel de Monseigneur (1685)
Olivier Messiaen
Appel interstellaire für Horn solo aus: Des Canyons aux étoiles (1974)
Anton Bruckner
Adagio from: String Quintet in F major (1879) Arrangement for string orchestra by Hans Stadlmair
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mass in C major KV 317 Krönungsmesse (1779)
- Sophie Karthäuser Soprano
- Isabelle Druet Alto
- Julien Behr Tenor
- Matthew Rose Bass
- Chöre am Kölner Dom
- Winfried Krane Rehearsing
- Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
- François-Xavier Roth Conductor
Admission only with access card. Free tickets available HERE.
The gate to heaven opens right with the first measure. Mozart’s glorious Mass in C Major appears to be music from another world. The title »Coronation Mass« was added after Mozart’s death, at a time when this luminous piece of sacral music had become the soundtrack of preference at solemn ceremonies such as the Habsburg emperor coronations. Nowadays, the »Coronation Mass« is no less fascinating, being one of those pieces of music that simply does not wear off, no matter how often one listens to it.
This concert celebrates the Gürzenich Orchestra’s century-old liaison with the Musikpflege at the Cologne Cathedral.
