“Elaborate in detail, sovereign in the musical devices used, magnificent in its entirety. Such is the Missa solemnis, Op. 81, called the Coronation Missa.”
Jiří Fuks
Smetana Litomyšl traditionally closes with a thanksgiving service. This year, in the Year of Czech Music, its main musical content will be a performance of the Solemn Mass by Václav Jan Tomášek (1774-1850), a native of Skuteč, which he composed in 1836 for the coronation of the Czech King Ferdinand V.
The main celebrant Mons. Tomas Halik
Václav Jan Tomášek:
Missa Solemnis Op. 81 “Coronation”
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