“Petite Messe Solennelle” translates as “Little Solemn Mass” in French. However, the title is ironic as the work is “neither small or particularly solemn” as Napoleon the Third remarked;………
The concert performance of Haydn's Creation duly took place in Pluscarden's Transepts on Saturday 7th of September. Space being extremely limited, every available seat was snapped up well before the day.
