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This season's concert is on

Monday 7th May 2012 at 7.30pm

in Sherborne Abbey

Classical Masterpieces

Mozart C minor Mass, Haydn Te Deum and Mozart Clarinet Concerto

with Chameleon Arts Orchestra
Soprano Claire Seaton
Mezzo-soprano Janet Shell
Tenor James Atherton
Bass Paul Charrier
Clarinet Richard Hosford
Conductor Paul Ellis 

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Works by two composers who between them represent the essence of the Classical period make up this year’s annual performance at the Sherborne Abbey Festival.

One of the gems of the choral repertoire, Mozart’s Mass in C minor was written in the main after he moved to Vienna in 1781 and contains some of his finest choral writing, including an exquisite setting of Et incarnatus est, written for his new wife Constanze, who sang the solos at its first performance. One of his most popular works, the Clarinet Concerto was was composed in the final years of Mozart’s short life for his clarinettist friend Anton Stadler. Richard Hosford is Principal Clarinet of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and well known to local audiences as a member of the Gaudier Ensemble. Haydn’s Te Deum in C was written a few years after Mozart’s death, in 1799, during the period other great choral works such as The Creation and the six late masses were written, and completes this programme of great Classical works.

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We gratefully acknowledge financial support from
West Dorset District Council The BBC Performing Arts Fund
Simon Digby (Sherborne) Memorial Trust
The Co-op Membership Community Fund