Travel Tip: Classical Music in Portugal
Mozart: Mass in C Minor

J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 543
Cantata Gloria in excelsis Deo, BWV 191

Mozart: Mass in C Minor

In 1783, seeing his wife stricken by serious illness, Mozart is said to have made a promise to God: in case Constance Weber recovered, he would compose a great mass as a token of his gratitude. Constance recovered and Mozart started creating a monumental work which, for reasons unknown, he didn’t finish. Though not completed, the Great Mass in C minor was premiered in St. Peter’s Abbey in Salzburg, with Constanze singing the soprano parts. To its full right, it is held to be one of the masterpieces of the Salzburg composer.

Gulbenkian Choir
Gulbenkian Orchestra
Michel Corboz, conductor
Letizia Scherrer, soprano
Sonia Grane, soprano
Luis Goms, tenor
Job Arantes Tome, baritone
Marcelo Giannini, organ