Composed in 1779, Mozart’s “Coronation Mass” in C major, K. 317, is one of the most popular settings of the Ordinary, thanks to its festive character and the wealth and variety of its musical ideas. This arrangement for solo voices, chorus and organ is based on the  Urtext of the  New Mozart Edition and makes the work available in all its radiant beauty to  choruses and church  choirs with limited financial resources. The “concertante” organ part, prepared  by Martin Focke  from Mozart’s orchestral accompaniment, does full justice to the beauty of the  original.<br>