Come-and-Sing : Haydn - Paukenmesse
Mass in Time of War

Saturday, 08 February 2025, 10:30 - 16:30
St Mark's Church, Wimbledon, St Mark's Place, Wimbledon SW19 7ND

Wimbledon Choral will be hosting a Come-n-Sing Day in central Wimbledon with a focus on Haydn's 'Paukenmesse'. It'll probably be a cold and wet day so come into the warm and explore this wonderful choral music with our new Music Director, Daniel Mahoney.

Written in 1796, the Missa in tempore belli (Mass in Time of War) is one of the six masses written near the end of Haydn's life that are seen as a culmination of his composition of liturgical music.  As Kapellmeister to Prince Nikolaus II Esterházy, Haydn’s principal duty in the last period of his life, beginning in 1796, was the composition of an annual mass to honour the name day of Prince Nicholas’ wife, Princess Maria Hermenegild, on 8 September.   Reflecting the troubled mood of this time with Austria being dragged into a bloody and damaging European War, Haydn integrated references to battle in the Benedictus and Agnus Dei movements.  The nickname Paukenmesse comes from its dramatic use of timpani throughout the work.

Schedule for the day

10:00 - 10:30 : Registration
10:30 - 11:50 : Session 1
11:50 - 12:10 : Break for refreshments and a ton of cakes and other goodies
12:10 - 13:30 : Session 2
13:30 - 14:30 : Break for lunch
14:30 - 15:30 : Session 3
15:30 - 15:50 : Break for refreshments and more cake
15:50 - 16:30 : Run-through and finish

Wimbledon Choral will be performing another of Haydn's great masses, the Nelson Mass, on Saturday 5th April 2025 in Cadogan Hall.   Please keep an eye out for when ticket sales open.

Source: Wikipedia

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