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Elena Mitrevska

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Jan Karlsson Korp

Christian Einarson

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Sara Madeleine Swietlicki

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Katarina Lundborg

Darko Neshovski

Eric Roos

Carl Adam Landström

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Petite messe solennelle -  (Little solemn mass)

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Petite messe solennelle Rossini

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Little solemn mass

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Gioacchino Rossini is one of opera's great humorists with classic opera comedies such as The Barber of Seville and Journey to Reims  in his luggage. His last major work, however, is in a completely different temperament: A grand Catholic mass with powerful choirs and emotionally storming arias.

It is called Petite messe solennelle , "Little Solemn Mass". As the memory-loving opera-goer knows, Malmö Opera's choir and orchestra performed the piece at Storan in November 2021, but now that it is performed again, the experience will be completely different. Firstly, because the mass is performed in its proper, sacral element, more precisely in St. John's Church, a stone's throw from the opera house. Second, because it is played with original instrumentation. The work was not originally written for symphony orchestra, but for two pianos and pedal organ, and twelve voices. In Johanneskyrkan, however, the entire Malmö opera choir will participate.

Petite messe solennelle  was first performed in 1864 and is a moving and monumental choral work. Like all fairs, it is imbued with beauty, devotion and sometimes pain, but through the seriousness shines an indomitable hope, which is accentuated by the bright St. John's Church with its vibrant Art Nouveau ornamentation.

When Rossini wrote the work, he had not composed for a long time. On the last sheet of music he inserted a greeting:

“Dear God. Here ends this pitiful little fair. Is it really sacred music I have just written? Or is it blasphemous? I was born for opera buffa, as you well know. A little technique, a little heart, that's all. Blessed be you, promise me paradise.”

English

Gioacchino Rossini är en av operakonstens stora humorister med klassiska operakomedier som Barberaren i Sevilla och Resan till Reims i bagaget. Hans sista stora verk går dock i ett helt annat temperament: En storslagen katolsk mässa med mäktiga körer och känslostormande arior.

Petite messe solennelle heter den, ”Liten högtidlig mässa”. Som den minnesgode operabesökaren vet, framförde Malmö operas kör och orkester verket på Storan i november 2021, men nu när den uppförs igen kommer upplevelsen att bli en helt annan. För det första för att mässan framförs i sitt rätta, sakrala element, närmare bestämt i Johanneskyrkan, ett stenkast från operahuset. För det andra för att den spelas med originalinstrumentering. Verket skrevs nämligen ursprungligen inte för symfoniorkester, utan för två pianon och tramporgel, samt tolv röster. I Johanneskyrkan kommer dock hela Malmö operas kör att medverka.

Petite messe solennelle uruppfördes 1864 och är ett gripande och monumentalt körverk. Som alla mässor genomsyras den av skönhet, andäktighet och ibland smärta, men genom allvaret lyser ett okuvligt hopp, som accentueras av den ljusa Johanneskyrkan med sin livfulla jugendornamentik.

När Rossini skrev verket hade han inte komponerat på länge. På sista notbladet infogade han en hälsning:

”Käre Gud. Här slutar denna ynkliga lilla mässa. Är det verkligen sakral musik jag just har skrivit? Eller är den hädisk? Jag föddes för opera buffa, som du mycket väl vet. Lite teknik, lite hjärta, det är allt. Välsignad vare du, lova mig paradiset.”

svenska

Little solemn mass by Rossini, From (2023/2023), Conductor Elena Mitrevska

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