Maryland's All-Classical Music Station
In his later years Franz Joseph Haydn personally enjoying great success and fame, but the world around him was in trouble
. In 1798 Haydn wrote Missa in Angustiis (“Mass for troubled times”) which may have been premiered the day Admiral Horatio Nelson defeated Napoleon in the Battle of the Nile. This late mass would gradually be called “Lord Nelson Mass.” It’s the first work on today’s choral hour. Listen as well for some outgoing music by Estonian composer,
Actually, we will be hearing Green on this St. Patrick’s Day Vocalise at 8:00 PM. The prolific film and television composer and conductor Philip Green moved to Ireland towards the end of his career. Falling for the people, country and music in a big 
way, Green wanted to pay personal tribute to Ireland with a mass. He wrote “St. Patrick’s Mass” in the early 1970’s adding Irish folk-like sounding music, flutes and fiddles, to the standard mass setting. This is sweet, enchanting music that may have you seeing lush, green landscapes.