Igor Stravinsky - Mass, IV-V

Mass, for chorus & double wind quintet (1948) I. Kyrie II. Gloria III. Credo IV. Sanctus V. Agnus Dei RIAS Kammerchor musikFabrik Daniel Reuss After the composition of Oedipus rex (1926-1927) it was unusual for Stravinsky to write a non-commissioned work. Also, since 1926 Stravinsky had been a communicant of the Russian Orthodox Church. Thus, it seems peculiar that the composer would write a concerted Latin mass. The motivation stems from what seems to have