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W.W.M.D.: What Would Mozart Do?
Seattle Choral Company presents Mass in C minor, K.427 (417a) (“The Great”)Saturday afternoon, April 25, the Seattle Choral Company brought chills and thrills to an appreciative audience at Benaroya Hall. Chills and thrills are not normally associated with sacred choral music, but this is Mozart, after all. It would seem hard to go wrong. But this mass is different. It was Mozart’s last mass, written to celebrate his marriage to Constanze Weber. However, he never finished it.
The version performed by SCC was completed by Mozart scholar and performer Robert D. Levin in 2004. Mr. Levin no doubt had the W.W.M.D. question in mind as he wrote seven full movements (the mass has 19) and filled in other missing pieces of the work. Most likely the same question was considered by Fred Coleman, SCC’s amiable conductor and artistic director, as he conceived of Sunday’s performance. Mr. Coleman is clearly not one to shy away from an ambitious project.
Whatever Mozart would have done, I’m sure he would have been pleased with SCC’s end product. From the first notes of the Kyrie to the Dona Nobis Pacem, the orchestra and choir delivered a stunning performance, enhanced by the contributions of soloists Jennifer Ceresa (Soprano I), Juliana Rambaldi (Soprano II), Christopher J. McCafferty (Tenor), and Victor Benedetti (Baritone). Of note, the choir members are volunteers who sing solely for the love of music, and it shows.
This was SCC’s last performance of their season, so if you missed it you will need to mark your calendars for SCC’s A Cathedral Christmas, to be performed December 5, 11, and 12, 2009, and Brahms’ A German Requiem, which will be performed on April 24, 2010 at Benaroya Hall.
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