Name: La petite messe solennelle
Start: 2008-11-08T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2008-11-08T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Gewandhaus

Organization

Singer

Soprano

Alexandrina Pendatchanska

Mezzo-soprano

Manuela Custer

Tenor

Stefano Secco

Bass

Mirco Palazzi

Conductor

Riccardo Chailly

Gewandhaus Leipzig

Others

Chor der Oper Leipzig

GewandhausChor

La petite messe solennelle

Leipzig

Germany

Gewandhaus

This sacred work has a few surprises in store: unexpected organ solos, voluminous choral parts, and hesitant and questioning interjections from the solo singers. Alex Penda captures the significance of the work's many facets, singing in a warm timbre and with evident devotion to the score.

Gioachino Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle, in the orchestral version! It’s played by the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra under the baton of conductor Riccardo Chailly. The concert was held in the year 2008 in the Gewandhaus, Leipzig. Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle was composed in 1863; the last of his Péchés de vieillesse series – Sins of Old Age, as the composer named them. For its premiere iteration in 1864, Rossini had written a work purely for two pianos and a harmonium.

In 1866-67, partly in fear that it would be done after his death regardless, Rossini (1792-1868) discreetly scored the Petite Messe Solennelle for orchestra – without losing any of its candor or subtlety. The resultant arrangement received its first public performance on 28 February, 1869 – three months after the composer's death.

La petite messe solennelle: Petite messe solennelle Rossini

Public

Little solemn mass

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra

Orchestra Operations

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Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Countertenor

Contralto

Bass-baritone

Baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

English

La petite messe solennelle by Rossini, Sat 08 Nov 2008, From (2008/2008), Conductor Riccardo Chailly, Gewandhaus, Leipzig, Germany

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