DRESDNER KREUZCHOR AT THE KULTURPALAST
In many ways, Schubert’s Mass in A-flat-Major is an extraordinary work: the composer worked on it for three years, and in contrast to the custom at the time, there was no commissioner. The chosen key is also unusual: A-flat-major veers between tragedy and melancholy on the one hand and brilliant festiveness on the other. All these colours are reflected in the music, and surely this is one reason the mass enjoys such popularity. This unique composition is flanked by Francis Poulenc’s »Gloria« – which the composer called a grand »choral symphony« – when Dresden’s own Kreuzchor returns to the Kulturpalast in Dresden under the baton of its Kreuzkantor Martin Lehmann, thereby continuing the grand tradition of joint performances with the Dresden Philharmonic.
ELSA BENOIT SOPRANO
ANNA LUCIA RICHTER ALTO
PATRICK GRAHL TENOR
KLAUS HÄGER BASS
DRESDNER KREUZCHOR
DRESDEN PHILHARMONIC
KREUZKANTOR MARTIN LEHMANN CONDUCTOR
Franz Schubert Mass for Soloists, Choir and Orchestra No. 5 in A flat major D 678
Francis Poulenc »Gloria« for Soprano, Mixed Choir and Orchestra
PRE-CONCERT TALK
6.30 pm (KULTURPALAST, EVENT SPACE OF THE CENTRAL LIBRARY, 1ST FLOOR)
7.30 pm
Kulturpalast (Concert Hall)
In Kooperation mit der Dresdner Philharmonie
