Details

Part of the BBC Proms. Finding terror alongside spiritual awe, raising questions and doubts as well as proclaiming faith, Beethoven's Missa solemnis is a work of visceral power - a public statement of intensely private belief.'From the heart - may it return to the heart!; the composer wrote at the top of a score that stretched the proportions and ambitions of the orchestral Mass to new limits. Sir John Eliot Gardiner - whose two benchmark recordings trace an ever-evolving relationship with the piece over many decades - conducts his period-instrument Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique and the Monteverdi Choir.

Cast/Performers

Lucy Crowe (soprano), Ann Hallenberg (mezzo-soprano), Giovanni Sala (tenor), William Thomas (bass)

Creatives/Company

Company(s): Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique
Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner (Sir)