Haydn is on his way to London with his impresario Salomon, a long journey in many stages. They stay a few days in Bonn. Since Elector Maximilian Franz is very fond of Haydn’s music, as a surprise, he has Haydn perform one of his own Masses. In the orchestra is a 20-year-old viola player, his name… Ludwig van Beethoven. We hear a few splendid parts from several of Haydn’s Masses, which are hardly ever performed.
1. Joseph Haydn: from Missa Cellensis in C major, H XXII:5 ‘Quoniam’
Lydia Teuscher, soprano
Anima Eterna
conducted by Jos van Immerzeel
2. Ditto: ‘Et resurrexit’ and ‘Credo in unum Deum’
Lydia Teuscher, soprano
Markus Schäfer, tenor
Anima Eterna
conducted by Jos van Immerzeel
3. Ditto: ‘Gratias agimus tibi’ and ‘Benedictus’
Anima Eterna
conducted by Jos van Immerzeel
4. Ditto: ‘Et incarnatus est’ and ‘Dona nobis pacem’
Marianne Beate Kielland, alto
Markus Schäfer, tenor
Anima Eterna
conducted by Jos van Immerzeel
5. Joseph Haydn: from Missa Cellensis in C major, Hob. XXII:8 ‘Et incarnatus est’ and ‘Agnus Dei’
Susan Gritton, soprano
Louise Winter, mezzo-soprano
Mark Padmore, tenor
Stephen Varcoe, bass
Collegium Musicum 90
conducted by Richard Hickox
6. Joseph Haydn: from Theresienmesse in B-flat major, Hob. XXII:12 ‘Et incarnatus est’ and ‘Agnus Dei’
Donna Brown, soprano
Sally Bruce-Payne, mezzo-soprano
Peter Butterfield, tenor
Gerald Finley, bass
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
