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Concert - Rossini's Stabat Mater & Mozart's Coronation Mass
Sheldonian Theatre
Broad Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3AZ
Sunday 23 March
Ticket Prices (please note, all tickets within a particular seating area are unreserved. Venue seating plan can be found on the choir website):Chairs £30
Lower gallery £25
Semi-circle £20
Upper gallery £15
Wheelchair users may bring a companion/carer for free
Under 18s/students: Half price in the Semi-circle and Upper gallery only
Wheelchair discount tickets and Group discount tickets (for groups of 10+) must be booked via the choir website
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Concert - Rossini's Stabat Mater & Mozart's Coronation Mass
Oxford Harmonic Choir and The Orchestra of Stowe Opera are pleased to present their 2025 Spring Concert.
The Stabat Mater is a 13th-century meditation on the anguish the Virgin Mary would have felt on witnessing Jesus Christ’s crucifixion. This text has inspired some of the most memorable and imaginative choral music ever written, from the Renaissance into the present day. Rossini’s 1841 setting is no exception. It is cut from the same cloth as the later Verdi Requiem, in that it lays the text’s raw emotion bare using Italian opera techniques. It also makes extraordinary demands on the soloists, which is probably why it is rarely performed!
Mozart’s Coronation Mass is one of his most popular settings of the Mass. Composed in Salzburg after he was appointed court organist and composer at Salzburg Cathedral, it is celebratory throughout. The soprano solo Agnus Dei bears a striking resemblance to the Countess’s aria Dove Sono from Figaro.
Soloists:
Soprano - Susan Young
Mezzo-soprano - Heather Jill Burns
Tenor - Austin Gunn
Baritone - James Cleverton
Concert begins 7:30pm (doors open 6:30pm)
The Stabat Mater is a 13th-century meditation on the anguish the Virgin Mary would have felt on witnessing Jesus Christ’s crucifixion. This text has inspired some of the most memorable and imaginative choral music ever written, from the Renaissance into the present day. Rossini’s 1841 setting is no exception. It is cut from the same cloth as the later Verdi Requiem, in that it lays the text’s raw emotion bare using Italian opera techniques. It also makes extraordinary demands on the soloists, which is probably why it is rarely performed!
Mozart’s Coronation Mass is one of his most popular settings of the Mass. Composed in Salzburg after he was appointed court organist and composer at Salzburg Cathedral, it is celebratory throughout. The soprano solo Agnus Dei bears a striking resemblance to the Countess’s aria Dove Sono from Figaro.
Soloists:
Soprano - Susan Young
Mezzo-soprano - Heather Jill Burns
Tenor - Austin Gunn
Baritone - James Cleverton
Concert begins 7:30pm (doors open 6:30pm)