{"id":12345,"date":"2026-06-18T13:49:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T11:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/duesseldorf-festival.de\/?post_type=veranstaltung&#038;p=12345\/?\/2026"},"modified":"2026-06-19T22:33:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T20:33:45","slug":"the-neander-church-choir-and-orchestra","status":"publish","type":"veranstaltung","link":"https:\/\/duesseldorf-festival.de\/en\/event\/the-neander-church-choir-and-orchestra\/?petite-messe-solennelle\/2026","title":{"rendered":"The Neander Church Choir and Orchestra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gioachino Rossini was the king of comic opera, but he retired at the height of his fame and devoted himself thereafter to the culinary arts. Thirty-four years after he had fallen silent, he made an exception with the *Petite Messe Solennelle*, which, with its unusual instrumentation of two pianos and a harmonium, is regarded as a masterpiece. Rossini enclosed an ironic letter with the score: \u201cDear God, here it is, the poor little mass [\u2026] I am made for comic opera, as You well know. A little skill, a little heart \u2013 that is all. So be praised, and let me enter paradise.\u201d The Neanderkirche Choir and an exquisite ensemble of opera-trained soloists will perform under the baton of Sebastian Klein.<\/p>\n<p>With the kind support of the Neander Church<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12344,"template":"","genre":[115,114],"state":[153],"class_list":["post-12345","veranstaltung","type-veranstaltung","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","genre-chor-und-orchesterkonzert","genre-klassik-en","state-current"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Neander Church Choir and Orchestra - D\u00dcSSELDORF FESTIVAL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/duesseldorf-festival.de\/en\/event\/the-neander-church-choir-and-orchestra\/?petite-messe-solennelle\/2026\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Neander Church Choir and Orchestra - 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