Wednesday 1 March 2023
Brinsley sang with The 24 in York Guildhall in March 2023. The concert sold out and the audience response was very warm. Robert Hollingworth conducted, and short readings of poetry separated the two liturgical masses.
Palestrina, arr. Soriano Missa Papae Marcelli
Einojuhani Rautavaara Missa a cappella
with short readings of poetry between the masses
Conductor: Robert Hollingworth
Photos: Wenjun Li
In the generous acoustics of York’s spectacular fifteenth-century Guildhall, The 24 is delighted to feature two unusual masses. The significant commission by four professional choirs from one of the most notable Finnish composers of recent times, Einojuhani Rautavaara, is heard possibly for the first time in the UK. At times symphonic and textural, it could not be more different from Palestrina’s classic work for Pope Marcellus – beautifully arranged a few years after his death for double-choir by Francesco Soriano.1
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