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Mozart's Mass in C "Trinity Mass."

 

Musica Leonis Presents Mozart's Mass in C

On Sunday, May 23rd at 3:00pm the St. Mark's Chorale, Soloists and Orchestra will perform Mozart's Mass in C "Trinity Mass." This work is one of many written during Mozart's years in Salzburg and includes passages similar to his very charming earlier operatic writing. St. Mark's music director Brian-Paul Thomas will conduct the performance which will be sung in Latin. In addition members of St. Mark's resident brass ensemble will perform a selection of patriotic favorites in advance of the Memorial Day holiday.

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 The professional orchestra comprising musicians from New Haven and New York City includes oboes, trumpets, trombones and timpani. Of interest, and typical of this period, is the scoring for strings, which includes violin I and II, cello and bass, but no violas.

 Soloists for the performance are drawn from the metropolitan New York area. Tenor Lawrence Jones has performed with the Glimmerglass and Sarasota Operas and is heard frequently in the Boston Early Music Festival and most recently at Carnegie Hall. Bass-baritone James Gregory spent years in Salzburg performing as a soloist and chorale musician and performs in the New York area regularly. Fairfield resident Mary Petro performs as soprano soloist in Fairfield County, is seen regularly in opera in Westchester, has performed in Chicago and appears frequently with the Metropolitan Opera chorus.

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 This is the final concert of this season's Musica Leonis Concert Series. A $15 donation is requested for the concert which will be about an hour in duration.

 

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