FULL Messe Nr.2 (Bruckner) Munich 2021 Camerata Vocale München

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Messe Nr.2 in e-moll WAB 27  
• Composer: Bruckner Anton   
• Libretto: traditional  
• Venue & Opera Company: Himmelfahrtskirche München Sendling, Germany  
• Recorded: November 11, 2021
• Type: Concert Live
• Singers:
• Conductor: Clayton Bowman  
• Orchestra: Camerata Vocale München  
• Chorus: Camerata Vocale München  
• Stage Director:   
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: Camerata Vocale München  
• Date Published: 2022  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  
• Video Recording from: YouTube     FULL VIDEO
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

Quote Wikipedia:

The Mass in E minor was written in 1866 to mark the opening of the votive chapel in Linz Cathedral and was first performed on September 29, 1869.[1] Since the performance took place outdoors, Bruckner had to use a wind ensemble, which was then provided by the local military band.

The work
The mass is strongly based on the music tradition of the early church with a theme that is closely related to the intonation of Gregorian chant. The mass requires a mixed choir of up to eight voices and 15 wind instruments in the following formation: 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones.

Compared with the other Masses, it is the most delicate of his major choral works. Large sections are to be sung without accompaniment, and Bruckner demands many slow, extremely strenuous passages from the voices. In particular, the Sanctus, which begins a cappella and which Bruckner wanted to be particularly slow, can drop slightly in pitch, which is painfully noticed when the wind instruments enter (bar 26). In the first edition, therefore, horns were used throughout, which often has to be done today as an emergency solution.

In contrast to the F minor Mass, the intonation for the Gloria and Credo must also be sung by the priest, a soloist or a schola. Bruckner did not set these lines of text to music. This is in line with Catholic tradition.