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Fri, Mar 14
|Chicago
Haydn Mass in Time of War
Time & Location
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Mar 14, 2025, 1:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Chicago, 220 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60604, USA
About the event
Composed as Napoleon’s forces were threatening Austria, Haydn’s Mass in Time of War features an extraordinarily ominous use of timpani and ends with a plea for peace. Beethoven’s spirited First Symphony bears the influence of Haydn but also foreshadows the development of his own compositional style. MacMillan’s eloquent Larghetto is based on his choral setting of Psalm 51.
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