Victoria Chorale: Great Mass in C by Mozart

Following sell-outs of its 2025 concert program, Victoria Chorale's first performance of 2026 will be the Great Mass in C Minor by audience-favourite Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at 5 pm, Saturday 16 May at Melbourne's magnificent St Paul's Cathedral, corner Flinders and Swanston Streets.

Described as 'Great' because of its sheer size, the Mass represents Mozart at his most daring and innovative and is a significant departure from his earlier church music.

He composed the C Minor Mass to be a work of breathtaking scope featuring many virtuoso operatic arias for soprano and mezzo soprano and majestic choruses with division of the choir into two separate four-part choirs.

Considered his most personal sacred work, it was composed not out of economic necessity but out of a deeply-held conviction: a promise to his new wife Constanze, herself a soprano, who sang in the first and only performance to take place in his lifetime at St Peters, Salzburg in 1783.

Mozart did not finish the work and the reasons for this remain a mystery - there is speculation that the practical pressures of needing to find financial work, personal demands in Vienna, or possibly the tragic death of his child contributed.

His planned big tenor and bass arias to match the scale of the soprano arias were not composed and large portions of the Credo and the complete Agnus Dei are missing. This highly regarded arrangement by Richard Maunder removes extraneous additions in earlier versions and remains faithful to Mozart's original intentions.
This work demonstrates Mozart unleashing the full force of his genius with melodies and themes woven together to create harmony and complexity and rich orchestral colours.

Conducted by innovative Musical Director, Mario Dobernig, Victoria Chorale will be joined by the Art of Sound Orchestra and soloists, Molly Ryan, Soprano, Sally-Anne Russell, Mezzo Soprano, Jiacheng Ding, Tenor and Michael Lampard, Baritone. A performance not to be missed!


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 St Paul's Cathedral - Melbourne View Venue
 Corner Swanston St Walk and Flinders St Melbourne Victoria 3000 Map
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