Sacred Symmetry

Our concert in Wheatley celebrates two 
European composers, Josef Rheinberger 
(1839-1901) and Frank Martin (1890 - 1974).  
Their lives were both spent in central Europe,
Rheinberger was born in Leichtenstein and worked 
for much of his life in Bavaria, Martin was born and 
educated in Geneva, working occasionally in Italy, France 
and the Netherlands.

Rheinberger:  Mass in E flat major
Cantus Missae ex octo modulatione vocum concinnatus
A glorious setting incorporating all the Romantic style of his 
era with an acute sense of Renaissance polyphony.

Martin: Mass for double choir
Written in 1922, but not performed until 1963 when Martin
was finally persuaded to bring it to the public. This is now 
acknowledged to be one of Martin’s finest creations and 
one of the greatest C20 a cappella works.