From the de Singel Concert Hall, Antwerp, continuing the European Broadcasting Union's initiative - an annual series of early-music concerts from across Europe. Bach's setting of the Ordinary of the Mass is considered to be much more than the sum of its parts, three-quarters of which come from earlier pieces. Greta de Reyghere and Marijke van Amhem (sopranos), James Bowman
(countertenor), Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (tenor), Geert Smits (bass),
Namur Chamber Choir, La Petite Band conductor Sigiswald Kujiken
Bach Mass in B minor, BWV232
(Part 1)
8.25 Bach the Recycler
George Pratt illustrates Bach's careful redevelopment of his existing compositional resources in the B minor Mass, and plays some familiar passages as they were originally heard.
8.45 Bach Mass in B minor, BWV232 (Part 2)