The composer crafted his first major work in more than 20 years when he wrote his Mass, which was intended for an intimate group of musicians and filled with operatic highs, and would eventually be expanded into a fully orchestrated version ... .
O sweet Rossini, please forgive me ... Conducted by Gemma New in her HGO debut, Rossini’s natural effervescence becomes flat and uninspired ... She can whip the orchestra into an appropriate Rossini crescendo, but the overall pace is slack and uninviting.