Crieff spring concert to celebrate Mozart
Crieff Choral will be on stage later this month Crieff Choral Group will mark the beginning of British Summer Time with a performance celebrating the works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at a concert on Sunday, March 26.
The spring concert‘In Praise of Mozart’held at Crieff Parish Church will feature soloists who have all sung with leading opera companies, including Colleen Nicoll (soprano), Laura Margaret Smith (mezzosoprano), Ted Black (tenor) and Jonathan Sedgwick (bass).
The choir and soloists will be accompanied by the City of Perth Sinfonia.
The concert will feature pieces including the popular‘Ave Verum Corpus’, a Eucharistic hymn dating from the 14th Century and attributed to Pope Innocent VI and the Coronation Mass in C major, a Missa brevis, written in 1779 when Mozart was court organist and composer at Salzburg Cathedral.
Crieff Choral Group chairman, John Drummond, said:“. We’re all very much looking forward to an evening of Mozart, with four superb soloists, the City of Perth Sinfonia and conducted by Peter Rutterford and hope that as many people as possible can join us.”
Tickets are available online and are also available from Carnelian Crafts, Crieff and Hansen’s Kitchen, Comrie. Tickets cost £10 and under-12s go free if accompanied by an adult. For more information and to buy tickets online, visit www.crieffchoral.co.uk