2024 Autumn Concert

Saturday 23rd November 2024
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The Great Hall, Lancaster University
LA1 4YW

​7:30 pm

​A warm welcome to you from
​Lancaster and District Choral Society
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For our autumn concert, we invite you to experience the exquisite beauty of Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle.

​Composed in 1863, this remarkable work is one of Rossini's final compositions and showcases his operatic style with the words of the Solemn Mass.

Scored for four soloists, choir, piano, and harmonium, the Petite Messe Solennelle is a blend of intimate chamber music and grand choral writing, rich with emotion, complexity and vast dynamic contrasts.

Lancaster and District Choral Society will perform Rossini's masterpiece as originally intended with piano and harmonium accompaniment and four professional soloists. In the hands of our expert conductor John Perrin, it promises to be a magnificent concert.

Don’t miss this opportunity to experience Rossini's Petite Messe Solenelle.

Conductor John Perrin

Soprano Juliet Montgomery
Contralto Rebecca Anderson
Tenor Liam Forrest
Bass Aidan Edwards

Piano Peter Noke
Harmonium Richard McGregor

Rossini's inscription at the end of the composition

Good God                                                                            

There you have it, finished, this poor little Mass. Is it really sacred music that I have just written, or just damn music? I was born for comic opera, as You know well! A little bit of skill, a little bit of heart, and that’s all. May you be blessed and grant me Paradise. 

G. Rossini, Passy 1863

Gioachino Rossini in 1865

​​Tickets

Price: £20
Benefit recipients / students: £14
18 and under (when accompanied by adult): Free

Tickets will be available to purchase soon from choir members or online. Keep checking back.

Booking early is advised to avoid disappointment.

Venue 
The Great Hall, Lancaster University

​​Location

Other events performed this season by
​our friends in other choirs
Local What's On Guide

 

We're excited to perform our concert on Saturday 23rd November
and look forward to sharing the experience with you.

 

Local What's On Guide

Links to other events:
Our friends, with whom we have reciprocal arrangements.
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