Scoring: Soli SATB, Coro SATB, 2 Ob, 2 Ctr, Timp, 2 Vl, Org

The names of Michael Haydn’s masses are associated either with a specific commission or with the composition’s dedicatee. Thus, Haydn composed the “Missa in honorem Sti. Gotthardi,” also known as the “Admont Mass,” for the Admont Abbey located in the region of Styria, Austria, where Gotthard Kuglmayr was the Abbot.

The mass combines formal concentration with liturgical function. The songlike melody, the unity of the motivic mater...