Scoring: Coro SATB, 2 Ob, 2 Ctr, 2 Tr, Timp, 2 Vl, Bc, [3 Trb colla parte]

Haydn’s Missa Sancti Joannis Nepomuceni, dated 21 May 1772, is dedicated to the Bohemian martyr and patron “Saint of bridges,” Johannes Nepomuk (ca. 1340–1393, canonized in 1729).

Despite the addition of woodwinds and brass to the three-part string section, the Mass is in a comparatively simple, compact form as was expressly required by Count Hieronymus Colloredo, Haydn’s second employer in Salzburg.

Even in ...