Sheringham and Cromer Choral Society present Beethoven & Bach

Composed in 1807, the C Major Mass was commissioned by Prince Nikolaus Esterhazy to commemorate the name day of his wife, Marie von Liechtenstein. Beethoven’s motivation for writing it, then, was less related to his own religious feeling. Because of this, the style of this mass was similar to that of Haydn’s masses.

Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140, also known as Sleepers Awake, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach, regarded as one of his most mature and popular sacred cantatas. He composed the chorale cantata in Leipzig for the 27th Sunday after Trinity and first performed it on 25 November 1731.

Repertoire

Missa in C – Ludwig Van Beethoven

Wachet Auf BWV 140 – Johan Sebastian Bach

Performers

David Ballard – Conductor

Sheringham & Cromer Chamber Orchestra

Saskia Edwards-Korolczuk – Soprano

Paul Ethan Bright – Counter-tenor

Connor Collerton – Tenor

Dhilan Gnandurai– Baritone

Please Note: Sheringham Little Theatre is selling tickets for this event on behalf of the Sheringham and Cromer Choral Society. The event will take place at St Peter's Church, Sheringham.