CONCORA, the Connecticut Choral Artists, will perform Gioachino Rossini’s “Petite Messe Solennelle” in New Britain’s South Church.
CONCORA describes Rossini’s composition, saying,
Gioachino Rossini had given up writing operas for nearly thirty years by the time he wrote his Petite Messe Solennelle, which he called “the last of the sins of my old age.” Others have observed that, despite its title, this Mass setting is neither “small” nor particularly “solemn!” The scale is intimate though, as it was written for a choir of sixteen with a quartet of soloists. It is scored for piano and harmonium—a small home organ—the perfect accompaniment for this work that was designed to be performed in the home of the couple to whom the work was dedicated.
The performance will be on Sunday, October 13, 2019 at 4:00pm. It will be at the South Congregational – First Baptist Church, which is located at 90 Main Street.
“Tickets available online and at the door,” CONCORA says. Tickets are available at the organization’s online ticket site.
CONCORA says that its mission is, “To perpetuate and perform, with excellence, choral music of the highest quality to the broadest possible audience.”
