Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Richard Egarr, Elizabeth Watts, Daniela Lehner, James Gilchrist, Andrew Foster-Williams, SCO Chorus, Gregory Batsleer
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Mozart - Coronation Mass
What’s in a key? The scales of C Major and C minor might start from the same note, but the music they inspired from Mozart and Beethoven couldn’t be more different. For Mozart, C Major was a region of self-confident optimism and cosmic order, as in the so-called ‘Linz’ symphony – written in just a few days in 1783 – and his 1779 ‘Coronation’ Mass, one of the most joyfully life-affirming of the many Missa Brevis settings that Mozart composed in Salzburg. But Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture turns to C minor to create a single-mindedly tragic experience, a musical journey to self-annihilation written for Heinrich Joseph von Collin’s play. And the Magic Flute Overture? It’s in E-flat Major, C minor’s jubilant cousin…
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Formed in 1974 with a commitment to serve the Scottish community, it is also one of Scotland's foremost cultural ambassadors.
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Elizabeth Watts
Kathleen Ferrier Award winning soprano and Rosenblatt Song prize winner at 2007's BBC Cardiff Singer Of The World competition. Praised for her…
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Daniela Lehner
Mezzo soprano and winner of Chichester Music Festival's John Warner Memorial Award competition.
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Also Appearing
James Gilchrist, Andrew Foster-Williams, SCO Chorus, Gregory Batsleer
His Majesty's Theatre
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His Majesty's Theatre
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