ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
PHILIPPE HERREWEGHE
Franz SCHUBERT(1797-1828):
Mass No.6 (Missa solemnis) D.950
Johanna Winkel _soprano_
Sophie Harmsen _mezzosoprano_
Benjamin Hulett _tenor_
Robin Tritschler _tenor_
Krešimir Stražanac _bass_
*Collegium Vocale Gent*
Philharmonie Zuidnederland
Philippe Herreweghe
Although Franz Schubert died at just 31, he wrote nearly 1000 works including his immortal songs, piano sonatas and string quartets. He also wrote quite a lot of religious music, and doing so increased his understanding of symphonic forms. The monumental _Mass no. 6_ (Missa solemnis) from 1828 is ‘triumph and swan song at once’. Full of references to Bach, Haydn and Mozart, this brilliant concert mass is really a homage to Schubert’s great hero Beethoven, who he had helped to bury the year before.