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Missa Omnium Sanctorum
Programme
G. F. Händel
Dixit Dominus HWV 232
J. D. Zelenka
Missa Omnium Sanctorum ZWV 21
Performers
Collegium 1704 & Collegium Vocale 1704
Václav Luks conductor

Rudolfinum — Dvořák Hall
Tickets: Czech Philharmonic Ticket Office, Colosseum Ticket, GoOut etc. Other information at www.collegium1704.com
Tickets: Czech Philharmonic Ticket Office, Colosseum Ticket, GoOut etc. Other information at www.collegium1704.com
Zelenka‘s last mass composition, Missa Omnium Sanctorum, is an example of emotionally charged style of extreme virtuosity, which is based mainly on the Italian Catholic tradition but sprinkled with Zelenka‘s originality and astonishing invention. Handel‘s music for the psalm Dixit Dominus also pushes the limit of interpretation possibilities: the listener is truly overwhelmed by the endless fireworks of ideas and the employment of various compositional techniques.