"Mozart is the highest, the culminating point that beauty has attained in the sphere of music." - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
MOZART | Coronation Mass
Sunday, NOV. 22, 2026 | 3:00 pm
Margery Milne Battin Auditorium
Isaac Harris Cary Memorial Building
Lexington, MA
Our November concert will sparkle with the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the Haydn brothers, Joseph and Michael. The featured work is Mozart’s sublime and dramatic Coronation Mass, one of his best loved choral works.
We will present that alongside a selection of rarely heard pieces: Mozart’s robust Dixit et Magnificat, Joseph Haydn’s elegant Responsoria, and Michael Haydn’s enchanting Timete Dominum and irresistible Beatus vir. Masterworks Chorale and Music Director Kevin Leong will be joined by soprano Deborah Selig, mezzo-soprano Roselin Osser, tenor Gregory Zavracky, baritone Will Prapestis, and Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra. You won’t be able to get this music out of your head!
CONCERT PROGRAM:
Michael HAYDN (1737–1806) | Timete Dominum, MH 385
Joseph HAYDN (1732–1809) | Responsoria de venerabili sacramento, H XXIIIc:4
Michael HAYDN (1737–1806) | Beatus vir, MH 398
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756–1791)
Dixit Dominus & Magnificat, K 193/186g
Church Sonata [in C], K 278/271e
Missa [in C], “Coronation,” K 317
FEATURED ARTISTS
Deborah Selig, soprano
Soprano Deborah Selig’s voice has been described by the press as “radiant,” “beautifully rich,” “capable of any emotional nuance,” and “impressively nimble.” Ms. Selig performs repertoire spanning the Baroque to contemporary in opera, oratorio, and chamber music.
Passionate about mentoring the next generation of singers, Ms. Selig serves on the voice faculties of Brown University, Wellesley College, and the summer Boston University Tanglewood Institute.
Operatic highlights have included Micaela in Bizet’s Carmen with Dayton Opera,
Pamina in Mozart’s The Magic Flute with Boston Lyric Opera,
Musetta in Puccini’s La Boheme with Central City Opera,
Rose in Weill’s Street Scene with Chautauqua Opera, Sybil Vane in Lowell Liebermann’s
The Picture of Dorian Gray with Odyssey Opera, and Donna Elvira in Mozart’s Don Giovanni with Kentucky Opera.
Recent concert appearances include Ravel’s Chansons madécasses
with Worcester Chamber Music Society; Dvořák’s Stabat Mater with Falmouth Chorale;
Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass and Mozart’s Vesperae solennes de confessore with Masterworks Chorale;
Bach’s Cantatas 36, 92, and 97 with Handel and Haydn Society; Amy Beach’s
The Chambered Nautilus with Wellesley College Chamber Choir;
Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem with Buffalo and Dayton Philharmonics,
Haydn’s Creation with Harvard University Choirs, and Handel’s Messiah
with Rhode Island Philharmonic.
[ deborahselig.com ]
Roselin Osser, mezzo-soprano
Praised by the Boston Musical Intelligencer as a “gorgeous, mellifluous mezzo . . . with vivid expression and engaging intensity,” mezzo-soprano Roselin Osser is recognized for her compelling performances in both concert and opera. She made her Carnegie Hall debut as the alto soloist in Mozart’s Solemn Vespers. Other recent performance highlights include alto soloist in Mahler’s Second Symphony with Midcoast Symphony Orchestra, Schumann’s Requiem with the Masterworks Chorale, Humperdinck’s Hansel in Hansel and Gretel with Boston Lyric Opera outreach performances, Mercédès in Bizet’s Carmen and Sesto in Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito with Opera del West. With engineering and technology degrees from Tufts and MIT, she has achieved a distinctive dual career as both classical singer and energy consultant for prominent green building projects.
[ roselinosser.com ]
Gregory Zavracky, tenor
Praised for his “musically deployed light tenor voice” (Opera News), “strong comic singing” (Boston Globe), “clarion tone,” and “glowing intensity” (Boston Musical Intelligencer), tenor Gregory Zavracky is a frequent performer on opera, concert, and recital stages. He has recently sung Offenbach’s La belle Hélène with Odyssey Opera, Handel’s Messiah with the Rhode Island Philharmonic, Matthew Aucoin’s Crossing with American Repertory Theater, Count Almaviva in Rossini’s The Barber of Seville with Opera Modesto, Tamino in Boston Lyric Opera’s family production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Purcell’s The Tempest with Henry Purcell Society of Boston, Monteverdi’s Vespers with the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum, and Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass with Back Bay Chorale. He has previously sung the tenor solo in Orff’s Carmina Burana with Masterworks Chorale. Dr. Zavracky is an assistant professor of voice at Boston Conservatory and is on the voice faculty at Boston University Tanglewood Institute. He received a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Boston University, a Master of Music degree from New England Conservatory, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Emory University. An award-winning composer, his album of art songs, Chant in Wail, was released on the Grammy-winning label Navona Records.
[ gregoryzavracky.com ]
Will Prapestis, baritone
Lauded for his “resonant clarity and vibrant expressiveness,” “subtle and refined” singing (Boston Musical Intelligencer), and “robust . . . majestic expression” (Arts Fuse), baritone Will Prapestis appears frequently as a soloist and ensemble member in the U.S. and Europe. He has had the pleasure of singing as a soloist and chorister with Emmanuel Music, Renaissance Men—of which he is a founding member—Carmel Bach Festival, West Virginia Symphony, Odyssey Opera, Monadnock Music Festival, Boston Baroque, Arpeggione, Musicians of the Old Post Road, Cappella Clausura, Exsultemus, Boston Early Music Festival, Labyrinth Choir, Upper Valley Baroque, Cantata Singers, Sound Icon, Augmented, Orpheus Singers, Copley Singers, and the Fredonia College Choir. He was a Virginia Best Adams Fellow at the 2019 Carmel Bach Festival and the 2019–20 Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Fellow at Emmanuel Music. Mr. Prapestis is also a very busy bass player and is thoroughly active in the Boston and New York City pop music scenes, performing with as many as five bands as a bass guitarist, vocalist, writer, and arranger. He is also a highly-sought session artist. A native of Elmira, New York, he earned his Bachelor of Music in Performance at SUNY Fredonia and attended graduate school at Boston University.
[ renmenmusic.com ]
Our commitment to the greater Boston community
Masterworks Chorale is committed to performing music that benefits the greater Boston community, regardless of age and socioeconomic status.
We are proud to offer discounted tickets for children 12 and under, students, and WIC, EBT, and ConnectorCare card holders.
We can’t wait to sing for you at our concerts!