Franz Schubert's sacred music for choir and orchestra carries the torch of Viennese Classicism passed to him by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. First written in 1816 at age 19, it has many hallmarks of Schubert's particular brand of classicism, including a sense of melody that seems effortless, careful texturing, balance, and a lightness of touch. The work became one of his favorites, and he revised and perfected it over the course of a decade before it became the only Mass published during his lifetime.

Jackson will be the soprano soloist in the Mass, performed as part of the weekly mass at St. Bartholomew’s Church in New York City. Free and open at all.