Mozart & C. P. E. Bach at La Seine Musicale

Mozart & C. P. E. Bach at La Seine Musicale

1779 was a good year for choral music: Mozart produced his Mass in C minor, K317, the so-called Krönungsmesse or Coronation Mass, while C. P. E. Bach gave us the final version of his Magnificat. And it was in that order we heard them: Mozart's Mass is one of his shorter ones (although it is not a Missa brevis). It is known as the “Coronation Mass,” but it was not composed for such an occasion; it did however gain currency as such later on. C. P.…