FULL THERESIENMESSE (Haydn) Boston 2022 Mary Bevan, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Jeremy Budd, Sumner Thompson

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Theresienmesse  
• Composer: Haydn Franz Joseph  
• Libretto: traditional  
• Venue & Opera Company: Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts  
• Recorded: January 2022
• Type: Concert Live
• Singers: Mary Bevan, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Jeremy Budd, Sumner Thompson
• Conductor: Harry Christophers  
• Orchestra: Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra, instrumental ensemble  
• Chorus: Handel and Haydn Society Chorus  
• Stage Director:   
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: IDAGIO  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs  
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

PROGRAM:
Haydn: Symphony No. 103, Drum Roll
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 1
Haydn: Theresienmesse

Theresienmesse (H. XXII/12) is a mass in B-flat major written by Joseph Haydn and named after Maria Theresa of the Two Sicilies, empress consort of Francis II. The empress herself was the soprano soloist at private performances of both The Creation and The Seasons in May 1801 at the Viennese Court The title does not appear on the autograph score, which is labeled simply with the Latin word “Missa”.

Between 1796 and 1802, Haydn composed six masses to celebrate the name-day of Princess Maria Josepha Hermenegilde (1768-1845), who was the wife of his patron Prince Nikolaus Esterhazy II. The Theresienmesse, written in 1799, belongs in this series. The work is thought to have been premiered on 8 September 1799. The location was the Bergkirche, near the Esterházy family seat in Eisenstadt, Austria.

The mass is scored for solo quartet, chorus, strings, two clarinets, two trumpets, timpani and organ continuo. Concerning the paucity of winds (no oboes, bassoons, horns, or flutes) John W. Ehrlich has written: