Haydn HobXXII 11 Lord Nelson Mass Nelson-Messe Missa in Angustiis Grete Pedersen

Joseph Haydn Missa in angustiis „Messe in der Bedrängnis“ auch Nelson-Messe Hob. XXII: 11 in d-Moll Nelson-Messe Missa in Angustiis (Mass for troubled times) Lord Nelson Mass in D minor HobXXII No 11 Grete Pedersen conducts Oslo Camerata/Det Norske Blåseensemble & Solistkor Oslo Berit Norbakken Solset - soprano; Halvor F. Melien - baritone Additional soloists: Ingeborg Dalheim - soprano; Amanda Flodin / Astrid Sandvand Dahlen - alto; Mathias Gillebo / Kristian Krokslett - tenor; Olle Holmgren - bass *****TRACKS***** 1.Kyrie 0:00 2.Gloria 4:33 3:Credo 15:29 4.Sanctus 25:54 5.Bendictus 28:50 6.Agnus Dei 35:05 *****THE WORK***** The Missa in Angustiis ("Mass for troubled times") or "Nelson Mass" (Hob. XXII:11), is one of fourteen masses written by Joseph Haydn. It is one of the six masses written near the end of his life which are now seen as a culmination of Haydn&liturgical composition. The summer of 1798 was therefore a terrifying time for Austria, and when Haydn finished this Mass, his own title, in the catalogue of his works, was "Missa in Angustiis" or "Mass for Troubled Times". What Haydn did not know when he wrote the Mass, but what he and his audience heard (perhaps on the very day of the first performance September 15), was that on Aug. 1, Napoleon had been dealt a stunning defeat in the Battle of the Nile by British forces led by Admiral Horatio Nelson. Because of this coincidence, the Mass gradually acquired the nickname "Lord Nelson Mass". The...