Mass in D Major - Credo

Licha Stelaus
Jun 7
2 min read

Commissioned to celebrate the opening of the newly finished chapel in Lužany castle in Czechia in 1887, Dvořák originally composed the mass for a surprisingly small ensemble of 4 soloists, choir and organ - and added the fully orchestrated version in 1893 which premiered in London.

With its traditional forms and proven compositional models, its original ideas, which are sometimes marked by a folk or folksong-like melodic character, and with its harmonic richness, Dvořák's Mass in D Major serves in its liturgical context to express the worship of God. The Mass is characterised by lyrical meditation rather than by dramatic immediacy - full of contrasts and yet polished.

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Song: Mass in D Major

Composer: Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904)

Choir: Nidaros Cathedral Men and Boys Choir (Norway)

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Bass: Magne Fremmerlid (Norway)

Tenor: Thomas Ruud (Norway)