Collegium Warwick - St Mary's Church - 17.6.23

Collegium Choir, Warwick, and the Beauchamp Sinfonietta. Directed by Oliver Hancock. Mozart: Coronation Mass K317. Vivaldi: Dixit Dominus RV595. Handel: Zadok the Priest. Lucy Cronin: Soprano; Alice Fitzgerald: Alto; Laurence Panter: Tenor; Ted Day: Bass.
18th century choral works presented by the amateur adult choir associated with my Church, St Mary's Warwick. They sing three concerts a year and occasionally deputise in services. Music from the Beauchamp Sinfonietta, a fine chamber orchestra based in Leamington Spa. Nice programme and supported by some excellent soloists. Mozart's Coronation Mass, written supposedly for Easter Sunday 1792, was the main substantive work after the interval. Originally just the Mass in C, it got it's name when used at the coronation of Francis I of Austria later that year. The first half consisted of the audience pleasing Coronation Anthem of GF Handel, Zadock the Priest, and the second of Vivaldi's three known settings of the Dixit Dominus (the third only discovered as recently as 2005).
A computer-generated "photo" of Mozart’s face extrapolated by averaging several paintings (via Royal Opera House).