Bach's monumental setting of the Mass is performed at the Royal Albert Hall , London, with the transparent textures of period instruments and reduced vocal forces. Innovative, traditional and timeless, its colourful scoring and dance-like rhythms complement its old-style fugues and majestic choruses and reassert its claim to be one of the greatest musical masterpieces.
Susan Chilcott (soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Gerald Finley (bass), Choir and Orchestra of the English Concert, conductor Trevor Pinnock
Bach Mass in B minor, BWV232
(Kyrie; Gloria)
8.20 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. Repeat
8.40 Bach Mass in B minor, BWV232
(Credo; Sanctus; Benedictus; Agnus Dei)
Repeated Fnday 2pm
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