What would Mozart do?

The works of Mozart should be recognizable to almost everyone. He’s known as a child prodigy and later a highly acclaimed composer. But in 1782, at the age of 24, he was hired to compose a work for the Festival of Pallii for the Prince Archbishop of Salzburg under very stringent instrumental and short program guidelines that normally would stifle a creative genius.

Mozart defied the enormous challenges presented by the assignment and composed one of his greatest choral pieces.

Northwest Sacred Music Chorale will sing this six-movement composition along with nine other pieces featuring instrumental accompaniment when it presents three concert performances titled “Praise Unending.”

During two songs on the program, attendees will have a unique musical experience as the choir breaks into two choirs to surround the audience with a unique acoustic experience of “Holy, Holy, Holy” and “Two Bright Seraphim.”

Demonstrating its diversity of musical genres, the choir will also feature elaborate hymns, a jazz-tinged piece, a spiritual and a lullaby. A concert of this diversity comes from choir members with the same diversity who hail from across the Inland Northwest, directed by Dr. Stan McDaniel.

Performances will be held:

• Saturday, Oct. 22 at 3 p.m. at Central Lutheran Church, Bernard Street, Spokane.

• Friday, Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, Fifth Street, Coeur d’Alene.

• Saturday, Oct. 29 at 3 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, Fifth Street, Coeur d’Alene.

Tickets are $22/adults and $16/students, seniors and military.

Buy tickets online at www.NWSMC.org, from any Chorale member, or at the door.