Haydn, Joseph - Theresa Mass & Mass In The Time Of War
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Haydn's Mass in B flat Major, Hob. XXII:12, is the fourth of the six great concerted masses that he composed in his later years, all of them used to celebrate the name-day of Princess Marie Hermenegilde Esterházy, the wife of Haydn's patron, Nicholas II. Only the Mass in Time of War was originally written for a different occasion. The first performance of the Theresa Mass probably took place on 8 September 1799 and its nickname refers to the Empress Maria Theresa, who is said to have commissioned it. The mass is a splendid example of Haydn's late choral-orchestral style, in which elements of symphony and oratorio come together.
The Missa in tempore belli in C Major (Mass in Time of War), Hob XXII: 9, was composed in 1796. The subtitle Paukenmesse (Kettledrum Mass) refers to the prominent role of that instrument, especially in the Agnus Dei. The Missa in tempore belli belongs to that same expansive compositional period as his late symphonies and The Creation, and like the Teresa Mass, is truly symphonic in concept and scale.
This is the second disc in Helmuth Rilling's recording cycle of the late Haydn Masses, being produced in honor of the 200th anniversary of the composer's death in 2009.