Synopsis

This performance is the third in the ongoing series of concerts from the ninety-fifth season of the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts. Joseph Haydn's Mass in D minor (Nelson) Shortly after completing the Mass in 1798, Haydn learned of Admiral Nelson's victory at the Battle of the Nile. Inspired by this news, he incorporated trumpet calls into the concluding Benedictus. Nelson himself attended a performance in 1800, and while not a direct commemoration of the Admiral, the work subsequently earn