"There is no loftier mission than to come nearer than other humans to the Godhead, and to disseminate the divine rays among humankind." So wrote Beethoven to his friend, the Archduke Rudolph, about his Missa Solemnis. John Eliot Gardiner conducts, on this weekend's Choral Showcase.

Show Notes

Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa Solemnis

  • Charlotte Margiono, soprano; Catherine Robbin, mezzo-soprano; William Kendall, tenor; Alastair Miles, bass
  • The Monteverdi Choir
  • The English Baroque Soloists
  • John Eliot Gardiner, conductor