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unusual facts about Petite messe solennelle


Albert Lavignac

In March 1864, at the age of eighteen, he conducted from the harmonium the private premiere of Gioachino Rossini's Petite messe solennelle.


Berle Sanford Rosenberg

In Italy, Rosenberg performed for RAI television in various concert and opera productions, including Petite Messe Solennelle (Piacenza), Rigoletto (Milan Conservatory), In 1989, Berle went to the Minsk Symphony, to perform in the Eurovision production of the Verdi Requiem, in memoriam of the fifth anniversary of the Cernobyl atomic power plant tragedy.

Cairo Celebration Choir

So far, the choir performed Gabriel Fauré's Requiem, Gioachino Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle, and highlights from classical choral works (including George Frideric Handel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Andrew Lloyd Webber and others)in addition to Gregorian chants at the historical location of the Citadel.

Lucilla Udovich

She made other appearances with the Santa Cecilia Orchestra in Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle, in Verdi's Requiem, and Rossini’s Petite messe solennelle; and with the RAI Orchestra in Peter Grimes and Britten's War Requiem, and Schönberg's Gurre-Lieder.


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