Pastoral Mass in F major op. 147

Diabelli’s church music has unjustly largely fallen into oblivion. In his Pastoral Mass in F, the Austrian composer of the Biedermeier period succeeded in achieving a balance between artistic aspirations and a form suitable for practical performance.

With a duration of about 30 minutes, the work is of easy to medium difficulty, and is therefore extremely suitable for amateur choirs with orchestra. The Pastoral Mass is suitable for performance both at Christmas time and beyond.

Scoring:

Soli SSATB, Coro SATB, Fl, 2 Clt (2 Ob), 2 Fg, 2 Tr, [2 Cor, Trb basso], Timp, 2 Vl, Va, Vc, Cb, Org