Our last morning in Salzburg, we attempted to go to a Mozart Vespers Service, but it ended up being a Mozart Mass, or Vespers selections in the context of Mass? I don't know. It was beautiful music though. We could only stay for part of the Mass though as we had to book it to get to the Cathedral for the Mass the school was attending. The Mass at the Salzburg Cathedral was also gorgeous, and also featured a Mozart orchestral Mass. I think it was in C Major (Joey Walsh thought it was no. 11, I'm not sure where he got that number). The Credo had a Circle of Fifths progression...
*note-to-self: Must look up Mozart orchestral Masses in C Major...
The organ was absolutely gorgeous, and it was wonderful to hear Professor Metzger play that huge instrument in the choir loft. His chorale preludes were fun to listen to as well. After the Mass it looked like a tour group was going to have a private Mass. There was an organist and a clarinet player (or oboe, I forget which) that ascended the organ loft on the left (see the above photo), and started to play this beautiful, modern, ethereal sounding piece. Salzburg is just full of beautiful music and experiences! I wonder what would happen if you just sat in the cathedral for a Sunday afternoon what sort of music you would hear!
After Mass we climbed onto the buses to return home to Gaming, but not without making a stop at a small town called Mondsee. We had lunch, which included an apple strudel!
After lunch we were given an hour to explore the city. The city featured a lake and a beautiful church dedicated to St. Michael, which was where they filmed the altar for the wedding ceremony in The Sound of Music! The cloister part of the movie was built in Hollywood, but the altar is featured in the movie. It was a beautiful church, with lots of gold, black, and pink, which I thought gave it a bit of a Spanish feel. There were so many side altars! My favorite one is featured below. It was towards the left of the Church, with a painting of the Holy Face on the altar, and a painting of the scourged Christ. There was a bouquet of roses before the image of the Christ. This altar was my favorite part of the Church.
I wish I could have seen the lake, too, but I was glad to spend most of my time in the church. There's so much to see and so little time! It's not fair. :-( The trip back was long and tiring. It was good to be back home away from home in Gaming.
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