Simon Ible, conductor Laura Mitchell, soprano Angela Simkin, mezzo-soprano Ross Scanlon, tenor Christopher Cull, baritone
Pergolesi: Magnificat in B flat major Mozart: Missa Brevis No.2 in D minor
Plus carols for audience participation
Archbishop Colerado of Salzburg liked his masses short and composed in a simple direct musical style. Mozart produced for him a glorious and delightful miniature. You can hear in Pergolesi’s Magnificat the early stylistic traits which were to grow into the classical style, and which would one day, albeit retrospectively, be called...
