Mozart’s Mass in C Minor: Spoleto Festival
Fri, May 29
|Sottile Theatre
Spoleto Festival USA Chorus + Orchestra Amanda Quist, Conductor Mozart’s Mass in C Minor is a dazzling masterpiece that resonates powerfully with America’s 250th anniversary.
Time and Location
May 29, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Sottile Theatre, 44 George St, Charleston, SC 29401, USA
About the event
Spoleto Festival USA Chorus + Orchestra
Amanda Quist, Conductor
Mozart’s Mass in C Minor is a dazzling masterpiece that resonates powerfully with America’s 250th anniversary. Premiered in 1783—the same year the British monarchy formally recognized the independence of the Thirteen Colonies—this work shares a historical moment with the birth of the United States.
Written as a personal expression rather than to fulfill a commission, the Mass was inspired by Mozart’s return to Vienna from Salzburg, where he sought professional freedom, and perhaps as a gift for his accomplished soprano wife, Constanze. Praised by Gramophone as “far more vocally oriented than the Requiem,” it showcases a breathtaking interplay of voice and instruments—a display of epic proportion.
Amanda Quist conducts her first performance as Music Director of the Festival Chorus, continuing the ensemble’s cherished traditions through her unique musical lens and deep commitment to choral excellence.
In this landmark performance, the Spoleto Festival Orchestra and Chorus…