direct from the Royal Albert Hall London
Elly Ameling (soprano) Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano) Alexander Young (tenor) Thomas Allen (baritone) Gwynne Howell (bass) Monteverdi Choir

Continuo:
Malcolm Hicks (organ) Nicholas Kraemer (harpsichord) Jennifer Ward Clarke (cello) Barry Guy (double-bass) Monteverdi Orchestra, leader Sylvia Cleaver, conductor John Eliot Gardiner

Part 1 Kyrie; Gloria
8.35* In Him Was Life
A selection from the sermons and religious writings of the great 14th-century German mystic Meister Eckhart, complied by Francis Watson
'God is infinite in his simplicity and simple in his infinity. Therefore he is everywhere, and is everywhere whole and entire.'
Reader Michael Bryant
8.50* Proms 73
Bach: Mass in B minor
Part 2 Credo
9.30* The Transit of the Soul
A selection of German religious writings by Henry Suso, John Tauler and Jacob Boehme, compiled by Francis Watson
Reader Michael Bryant
9.45* Proms 73
Bach: Mass in B minor
Part 3 Sanctus; Agnus Dei

(Stereo)