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SAN GABRIEL CHORALE PRESENTS:

ALL-MOZART CONCERT

SUNDAY, MAY 5 | 4:00 P.M. | LOIS PERKINS CHAPEL

The San Gabriel Chorale, a community collaboration with Southwestern University, presents an all-Mozart concert on Sunday, May 5th, 2024 at 4:00pm in the Lois Perkins chapel at Southwestern University. The Chorale will be accompanied by an orchestra in performing Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Solemn Vespers under the baton of Dr. Bruce Cain. Two Epistle Sonatas of Mozart will be performed by Dr. David Polley on the chapel’s organ. Tickets are $25, and are available at sangabrielchorale.com or at the door. Students under 18 free. Free with SU ID. This concert is funded in part by the City of Georgetown Arts and Culture Board.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. In his short life, Mozart composed over 800 works, including operas, symphonies chamber pieces, concerti and choral works. His Mass in C Major, K. 317, also known as the “Coronation Mass,” is one of Mozart’s most celebrated sacred works. It premiered in 1779, during the time when Mozart was court organist and composer for the Salzburg Cathedral. The masterpiece was composed for four part choir, soloists, orchestra, and organ.

The nickname “Coronation Mass” became associated with this piece many years later after becoming the preferred music for royal and imperial coronations in Vienna. This masterpiece is frequently performed worldwide and is renowned for its complexity, grandeur and beauty.

Vesperae Solennes de confessore K. 339 is a sacred choral work composed in 1780, when Mozart was the court organist and concertmaster for the Salzburg Cathedral. It is also scored for SATB choir, soloists and organ plus orchestra.

The two Epistle Sonatas to be performed by Dr. Polley and the orchestra are the Epistle Sonata in C, K. 278, and the Epistle Sonata in C, K. 329. It appears that K. 329 was written for the same Sunday that the Coronation Mass was first performed.

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Event Details

• Date: Sunday, May 5, 2024
• Time: 4:00 P.M.
• Venue: Lois Perkins Chapel
• Website: https://www.sangabrielchorale.com/index.html

Ticket Information

• Cost: $25.00 [free for students under 18 or SU ID]

Presenter Details

• Name: San Gabriel Chorale

The San Gabriel Chorale, a community collaboration with Southwestern University, is a growing organization of volunteer singers of all walks of life and varying musical ability. Some have sung for many years and in many organizations across the country. Others are exploring choral music for the first time. For the past twenty two years, the San Gabriel Chorale has presented large-scale choral works with orchestra for the enjoyment of our audiences both near and far.

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