SPIRITUAL MUSIC BIRNAU - Dvořák & Schubert

Mass in D Major Op. 86 Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) Symphony No. 5 in B Major D 485 Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Heidi Baumgartner SOPRANO Regine Jurda ALTO Nikolaus Pfannkuch TENOR Micha Matthäus BASS Ensemble Nymphenburg BIRNAUER KANTOREI Thomas Gropper, Musical Direction In 1887, Antonín Dvořák wrote his Mass in D Major for a small choir and organ to inaugurate a chapel at Lužany Castle; five years later, he created a large orchestral version. The melody and sound language have a folk-like and approachable quality. At the age of 19, Franz Schubert composed his 5th Symphony in 1816, a slender, transparent work of great liveliness and lightness. It is considered the most perfect of Schubert's earlier symphonies and an engagement with the art of Mozart.