Canterbury Choral Society
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Sarah Fox soprano
Gaynor Keeble mezzo-soprano
Jamie MacDougall tenor
Michael Pearce bass
Saturday 21 June 2014, 7.30pm
Canterbury Cathedral
SPONSORED BY SIR RONALD MCINTOSH
Read more about Beethoven Missa Solemnis
Beethoven Missa Solemnis on Wikipedia
BBC Radio 3 ‘Discovering Music’ discussion (audio, includes musical illustrations)
Website dedicated to Beethoven Missa Solemnis
Beethoven Missa Solemnis in this year’s Proms on the BBC
Beethoven Missa Solemnis on YouTube
YouTube has numerous recordings of the whole work or various sections
Beethoven Missa Solemnis YouTube Search
Some particularly notable recordings
Otto Klemperer and the New Philharmonia Orchestra (1965)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lbPapR6VfY
Leonard Bernstein and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Sir Colin Davies and the London Symphony Orcherstra
More about Beethoven
‘The Beethoven Experience’ – In June 2005 BBC Radio 3 played all of Beethoven’s works (and nothing else) over a 6 day period. This is the website for that event, with links to information and discussion about various aspects of his life and work.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/beethoven/
‘Ludwig van Beethoven’s Website’: an easy to use and comprehensive overview of the composer’s life and work
http://www.lvbeethoven.com
Beethoven’s birthplace museum in Bonn includes an interesting section on the history of the composition of the Missa Solemnis
https://www.beethoven.de/sixcms/detail.php?template=startseite_museum_en
Beethoven Missa Solemnis recordings
Online Catalogue of all available recordings
An interesting discussion of some recordings from an online forum
http://www.classicalmusicguide.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=32721
