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To call Beethoven’s “Missa solemnis” a monolithic creation hints at the truth but misses the point in a basic way. Yes, this late setting of the Latin Mass text is a vast, monumental composition, ...

“Can you believe there’s empty seats?” the man next to me asked, looking out from the first balcony of Symphony Hall as the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Tanglewood Festival Chorus took their places ...

8 p.m. Jan. 21. Additional performance at 8 p.m. Jan. 23. $30-$84. Symphony Hall, 1280 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta. 404-733-5000, www.atlantasymphony.org. Even the ...

Beethoven’s massive Missa Solemnis, which the composer considered his greatest work, is not a Mass meant for church. It is too ecstatic to be simply solemn. Ultimately, it is a mysterious Mass. Does ...

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The Catholic mass which Beethoven called the Missa Solemnis is rarely performed. It's eclipsed by the better-known Ninth Symphony. But taken together, the two works shed light on the composer's ...

Whatever the reason behind Bernard Haitink’s mysterious cancellation of his Chicago Symphony Orchestra appearances the previous week, the beloved Dutch conductor was back in commanding form Thursday ...

Sir John Eliot Gardiner and his Monteverdi Choir will celebrate their Golden Anniversary with a performance of Claudio Monteverdi's Vespro della Beata Vergine 1610 at King's College Cambridge on March ...

Even Beethoven’s most ardent fans admit the Missa Solemnis is a tough nut. Beethoven wanted it to be his crowning achievement, and lavished more care on it than any other of his works. What emerged ...