Welcome to OSNJ's 2021-22 season. We resumed regular activities with Tuesday evening meetings/rehearsals on Zoom starting January 26, 8 pm and concluded with an in-person indoor rehearsal at Grace Church in Bloomfield on May 25. We are currently planning for indoor in-person rehearsals in the fall. Please stay tuned here and on our social media for updates and further information.
Rehearsal Resources
Video recordings of our Spring 2021 virtual coaching sessions are available on our YouTube channel.
Beethoven - “Missa Solemnis”
Rehearsal Notes:
The Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123, is a solemn mass composed by Ludwig van Beethoven between 1819 and 1823. It was first performed on 7 April 1824 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, under the auspices of Beethoven's patron Prince Nikolai Galitzin; an incomplete performance was given in Vienna on 7 May 1824, when the Kyrie, Credo, and Agnus Dei were conducted by the composer. It is generally considered one of the composer's supreme achievements and, along with Bach’s Mass in B minor, one of the most significant Mass settings of the common practice period.
Despite critical recognition as one of Beethoven's great works from the height of his composing career, Missa solemnis has not achieved the same level of popular attention that many of his symphonies and sonatas have enjoyed. Written around the same time as his Ninth Symphony, it is Beethoven’s second setting of the Mass, after his Mass in C major, Op. 86.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missa_solemnis_(Beethoven)
Online Rehearsal Tracks:
ChordPerfect (online): https://www.chordperfect.com/ludwig-van-beethoven/
Choralia (online): http://www.choralia.net/bt04mp3/bt04mp3en.htm
Cyberbass (online): http://www.cyberbass.com/Major_Works/Beethoven_L_v/beethoven_missa_solemnis_in_D.htm
Performance Video:
YouTube: https://youtu.be/fYvpMeaaS3A