The main heroes of the evening arethe Astana Opera Chorus and Symphony Orchestra. Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan Yerzhan Dautov will be conducting.

The unique combination of delightful operatic melodies and exquisite choral parts will undoubtedly delight the audience.

It is known that after the work’s premiere, Giacomo Meyerbeer sent Rossini an enthusiastic letter with the words, “May God graciously allow you to live a hundred years and create a few more of these masterpieces, and may He let me live as many, so I can admire these new works of your immortal genius!”

Petite Messe Solennelle (Little Solemn Mass) crowns the list of works of one of the greatest and most prolific European opera composers Gioacchino Rossini –the author of more than 40 operas. He composed the mass during his retirement from operatic career. Petite Messe Solennelle is a musical conclusion and contemplation of the composer’s eventful life.

Thework was namedPetite Messe Solennelle not because of its size, but because of rather austere original accompaniment – piano and pump organ or harmonium (an instrument similar to physharmonica). The author rightly chose such accompaniment, as an orchestra would have emphasized to the higher degree the operatic nature of Rossini’s style that he was unable to hide. The orchestrated version was first performed after the composer’s death. This is the version which will be presented to the audience of the Astana Opera. Petite Messe Solennelle is a bright and pure composition.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/tsm/press/news/details/30094?lang=kk