Mozart, Coronation Mass & Handel, Dettingen Te Deum at St. Stephen’s Cathedral

In this highly-anticipated concert, hear the mellifluous sounds of classical music by Mozart and Händel at Vienna's treasured and world-renowned Stephansdom.

Listen to W.A. Mozart's 'Coronation Mass' and Handel's 'Dettingen Te Deum', 280 years after its premiere in St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna.

Due to their length and the musical inspiration Mozart gained from Handel's music, these two works fit together perfectly and fill a concert evening perfectly.

It is very likely that the Coronation Mass was composed for the Easter service at Salzburg Cathedral on April 4, 1779 Mozart himself dated it March 23, 1779. This assumption is supported by the large orchestration and the fact that the violas are missing, as was customary in Salzburg at the time. How Mozart's Mass in C major came to be nicknamed the Coronation Mass, which first appeared in 1873, is still disputed today.

Handel composed the Dettingen Te Deum for a thanksgiving service to mark the victory of the Austro-British military under the command of King George II and Lord Stair over French troops at the Battle of Dettingen on June 27, 1743. After the king's return, a day of public thanksgiving was scheduled, and Handel, then 'Composer of the Musick to the Chapel Royal,' was commissioned to write a Te Deum for the occasion. The work was composed between July 17 and 29, 1743, and premiered on November 27, 1743, in the Chapel Royal of St. James's Palace in London, with George II in attendance.

Under the direction of Gerald Wirth, President and Artistic Director of the Vienna Boys' Choir, the masterpieces will be intensively worked on by choir singers from all over the world in several workshops during the Sing Mit! choir festival. The crowning finale is the performance with renowned soloists and the Vienna Cathedral Orchestra in St. Stephen's Cathedral.