Guest Conductor: Dr. David Rayl

Guest Artists: Elizabeth Toy Botero, Soprano

                      Meg Bragle, Mezzo-Soprano

                      Andrew Crane, Tenor

                      Dan Ewart, Bass

                      University Chorale, State Singers, MSU Choral Union

Beethoven: Halleujah from "Christ on the Mount of Olives"

Schubert: Mass No. 2 in G Major, D. 167

Mozart: Symphony No. 36 in C Major, K. 425, "Linz"

Bruckner: Te Deum

Opening an evening of majestic music is Beethoven's Hallelujah from "Christ on the Mount of Olives."  This piece was a collaboration with poet Franz Huber and is Beethoven's only oratorio.  One of four masses Schubert wrote while in his teens, the most gentle and simple was his Mass No. 2 in G Major, composed in less than a week and published decades after his death.  The second half of the program begins with Mozart's remarkable Symphony No. 36 in C Major, "Linz," named after the city Mozart and his new wife Constanze stopped in en route from Salzburg to Vienna, and where he wrote the work. Linz was also home to Anton Bruckner, who claimed the Te Deum to be "pride of my life."

PREVIEW CONVERSATIONS For insight into our MasterWorks programming, join WKAR Classical host Jody Knol from 7:15pm to 7:45pm in the Wharton Center's Jackson National Lounge prior to each MasterWorks concert.  You'll have a chance to hear selected passages of music, learn more about the artists, and head into the concert feeling more connected to the evening's program.  PreView Conversations are free for all MasterWorks ticket holders.