Coronation Mass by Mozart

Mass in D major, K. 317 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composed in Salzburg in 1779 and presented at the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona. It is a work of sacred music from the Viennese classical period.

The Coronation Mass, K. 317, is a Mass in D major that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed in Salzburg in 1779, when he was twenty-three years old. It follows the sections of the Ordinary of the Latin Mass, Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus and Agnus Dei, and belongs to his youthful sacred output.

The score is written for soloists, choir, orchestra and organ, and it sits within the tradition of sacred music of Viennese classicism. The choral and orchestral repertoire of this period is the framework in which this work is situated.

The Palau de la Música Catalana, designed by Lluís Domènech i Montaner and built between 1905 and 1908, is a modernist building declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Besides concerts, the venue hosts exhibitions and cultural activities in Barcelona.