On November 11, 2022 a
concert took place in the Klagenfurt Cathedral, in which Fux's Mass K 47 was the principal work. The performance was prepared by Ramona Hocker (Gustav Mahler Private University of Music) in the context of a seminar with students and realized by them under the direction of Cathedral conductor Thomas Wasserfaller.
The musical quality of the Mass in C major K 47 (in the festive style, with trumpets and timpani) is extraordinary, which is why the rehearsal for the modern first performance (since 1731) was worthwhile. This setting of the Ordinary is also interesting for Fux philology because two shorter movements exist as variants for the eight-part "Crucifixus," which have been preserved as autographs. The original parts are kept in the
ÖNB (Mus.Hs.16118).
In addition to works by Georg Muffat, Isaac Posch and Johann Sebastian Bach, the trio sonata in G minor FuxWV III.1.24 (K 370) was also performed. This established a local reference, since this instrumental piece was already heard in Klagenfurt in 1728.
Follow-up performances for 2023 are already planned, the performance material of the Mass K 47 is to be published in the series Fux concertato (#8).
Extracts of the concert were published
here in February 2023, a trailer with background information can be found
here.
