Event: Final Mass, World Youth Day 2008.
Performers: Amelia Ferrugia (soprano), Andrew Goodwin (tenor), with massed choir, organ and orchestra, conducted by Benjamin Bayl.
Venue: Southern Cross Precinct (Randwick Racecourse and Centennial Park), Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Work Details
Instrumentation: Soprano and tenor soloists, SATB choir, piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, glockenspiel, organ, strings.
Duration: 17 min.
Difficulty: Medium
Commission note: Commissioned by the Australian Catholic Church for the visit to Australia of Pope Benedict XVI for World Youth Day Sydney 2008
First performance: 20 July 2008 at Randwick Race Course, Sydney
Mass “Benedictus Qui Venit” Parish Setting:
A score and recording of the Parish Setting is available.
The recording is by the choirs of St Ignatius College (Riverview) and Loreto Convent (Kirribilli) with organist, Christine Moriarty and conductor, Noel Debien. The recording includes the Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, Acclamation, Amen and Agnus Dei and was engineered by Jonathan Palmer. This recording is to assist congregations to learn the new work. The Parish Setting of the Mass will be introduced for use in parishes throughout Australia from February 2008.