To call Beethoven’s “Missa solemnis” a monolithic creation hints at the truth but misses the point in a basic way. Yes, this late setting of the Latin Mass text is a vast, monumental composition, ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Opera House, October 14 ★★★★½ Beethoven said of his Missa Solemnis: "Written from the heart, may it go to the ...

Glacier Symphony and Chorale is set to perform what Beethoven considered his greatest composition, "Missa Solemnis (Solemn Mass),” April 12 and 13. “Beethoven’s ‘Missa Solemnis’ is one of the greatest ...

Despite its being placed at the summit by no less than the composer himself, the Missa Solemnis seems to be less well known among general listeners than the Ninth Symphony or even the final quartets.

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“Can you believe there’s empty seats?” the man next to me asked, looking out from the first balcony of Symphony Hall as the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Tanglewood Festival Chorus took their places ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Into the Music By Daniel J. Wakin LOVING it may be difficult. But awe? No problem there. Beethoven’s “Missa Solemnis” leaves you gasping at its ...