Choral Guild 2008

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Schubert's Mass in G - A Choral Classic

We are performing the choral staple, Schubert's Mass No. 2 in G major, conducted by former Artistic Director, William Noll at our next concert on November 16 at 4 pm at Northside Drive Baptist Church in Atlanta. In case you didn't know about the context of this piece:
  • The Mass No. 2 in G major by Franz Schubert is the best known of his three "shorter" masses composed between the more substantial first and fifth, and eventually sixth, mass settings. Fresh off the success of the performance of the first mass at Schubert's home parish, he wrote this more modest arrangement for strings and organ. His style seeks to create an overall devotional mood of the religious text of each movement, and he does so without much musical drama and romanticism. This Mass has become one of Schubert's most popular and often performed works for chorus.

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