It’s like a “Messiah” every Sunday. Classical music lovers gather each December for an annual ritual of music writ large, when an orchestra, choir and four vocal soloists fill a church or concert hall ...

Haydn's St Nicholas Mass provides an appropriately festive setting, sung by the Cathedral Choir. They are joined by the congregation in singing favourite carols to celebrate the birth of Jesus.

A lover of church music, Nicholas set Haydn the task of composing a new setting of the mass every year. In 1804, Haydn retired from Esterháza, and illness effectively prevented him from any further ...

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