Scoring: soli SSTB, chorus SATB/SATB, flute, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, violin I & II, viola I & II, basso continuo
Duration: 55 minutes
In the summer of 1782, while living in in Vienna, Wolfang Amadeus Mozart began working on a new, great mass. In all likelihood, this composition received its inaugural performance on 26th October 1783 in Salzburg’s St Peter’s church, with Mozart’s wife Constanze as the soprano soloist.
It is a monumental work, exceeding all parameters of his preceding masses, and ranks among his most outstanding compositions.
