Weber’s Missa Sancta No. 1 in E-flat major, “Freischütz-Messe” is an exemplary masterwork of early Romanticism. In the Piarist Church, it will be heard both as a traditional festive thanksgiving mass and as a commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the composer’s death. The work’s subtitle reflects its musical language, as Weber was simultaneously working on his famous opera Der Freischütz. Under the baton of Alena Hron, a prominent figure in the emerging generation of conductors, the Hradec Králové Philharmonic will perform alongside the Mixed Choir of the Janáček Conservatory in Ostrava, in collaboration with the Czech Choirmasters’ Choir and Schola Gregoriana Pragensis.

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Carl Maria von Weber
Missa Sancta No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 75A, “Freischütz-Messe”

Performers

Jana Sibera – soprano
Václava Krejčí Housková – alto
Jaroslav Březina – tenor
Pavel Švingr – bass

Mixed Choir of the Janáček Conservatory in Ostrava in cooperation with the Czech Choirmasters’ Choir
Tomáš Stanček – choirmaster
Hradec Králové Philharmonic Orchestra
Alena Hron – conductor
Karel Martínek – organ

Schola Gregoriana Pragensis
David Eben – artistic director

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