Sacred Music Concert at Sainte-Réparate Cathedral

On the program for this evening is Rossini’s Petite messe solennelle, a work created in Paris in 1864.

The composer had come out of retirement, which he had decided to take thirty-four years prior, to respond positively to a commission from a friend.

It was an opportunity to provide posterity with a final masterpiece with this Petite messe solennelle which, under the baton of Giulio Magnanini, will be performed in its version for a large orchestra.