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Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis
'From the heart: may it go to the heart.’ Beethoven’s inscription at the head of this totemic work leaves us in no doubt; his epic setting is both the grandest of public mass settings and a deeply personal affirmation of spiritual belief and music he wrestled with for over four years before its completion.Former King’s Choral Scholar and the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s Principal Conductor, Edward Gardner, leads the LPO and the choirs of Clare, Jesus, Selwyn and Trinity, joined by singers from many other college choirs. This extraordinary choral gathering unites representatives from more colleges than any other since the Cambridge Prom of 2009.