In 1817, the St. Nicholas Church in Leipzig staged a grand celebration of the 300th anniversary of the Reformation. Join us as we re-create this spectacular event, which will include the American premiere of a majestic Mass by Vincenzo Righini, a contemporary of Mozart, a work which Professor Jeffrey Sposato discovered in European archives while researching his new book Leipzig After Bach.

PROGRAM

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RIGHINI     Coronation Mass in D Minor

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SCHICHT   Unsre Väter hofften auf dich

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ARTISTS

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Rick Erickson, conductor

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Bach Society Houston

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PRE-CONCERT TALK

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Jeffrey Sposato, Associate Professor of Musicology, University of Houston, and author of Leipzig After Bach