Vivaldi: Gloria | Haydn: Nelson Mass at St Lawrence Parish Church, York on Saturday 8th November 2025

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Vivaldi: Gloria | Haydn: Nelson Mass

Add to my Calendar 08-11-2025 19:30 08-11-2025 21:30 36 Vivaldi: Gloria | Haydn: Nelson Mass This promises to be a varied and compelling programme of works composed almost a century apart but presenting themes relevant to our own time. Haydn’s Nelson Mass was composed in 1798, but its dramatic themes call to modern audiences. Haydn originally called it a “Mass for troubled times” because of its context of the threat of Napoleonic forces to peace and the pervasive climate of fear in Europe. Following Nelson’s dramatic victory, it became known as Nelson Mass, and it is easy to see how audiences would have associated the changes in mood from sombre and threatening to dramatic, energetic and jubilant with Nelson’s victory.   Vivaldi’s well-known Gloria is similarly full of contrast, energy and joy, although the twelve movements allow darker themes of fragility and transience to assert themselves in emotionally expressive moments. Together these works will give the audience a taste of Baroque and Classical music in the beautiful and intimate setting of St Lawrence Church St Lawrence Parish Church, York DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Lawrence Parish Church
Lawrence Street
York
YO10 3WP
England

Saturday 8th November 2025
7:30 PM

Programme

Joseph Haydn – Mass no.11 in D minor 'Nelson', Hob.XXII:11
Antonio Vivaldi – Gloria in D major, RV 589

Performers

Ellie Miles-Kingston – soprano
Holly Gowen – Alto
Leo Fulwell – tenor
Dominic Rose – Bass
David Pipe – Conductor
Sean Turnbull – organ

York Musical Society

Programme Note

This promises to be a varied and compelling programme of works composed almost a century apart but presenting themes relevant to our own time.

Haydn’s Nelson Mass was composed in 1798, but its dramatic themes call to modern audiences. Haydn originally called it a “Mass for troubled times” because of its context of the threat of Napoleonic forces to peace and the pervasive climate of fear in Europe. Following Nelson’s dramatic victory, it became known as Nelson Mass, and it is easy to see how audiences would have associated the changes in mood from sombre and threatening to dramatic, energetic and jubilant with Nelson’s victory.

Vivaldi’s well-known Gloria is similarly full of contrast, energy and joy, although the twelve movements allow darker themes of fragility and transience to assert themselves in emotionally expressive moments. Together these works will give the audience a taste of Baroque and Classical music in the beautiful and intimate setting of St Lawrence Church

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