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Prom 63: Bach – Mass in B minor

Part of the BBC Proms 2016 Series

Add to my Calendar 01-09-2016 19:30 01-09-2016 21:30 36 Prom 63: Bach – Mass in B minor During the last four years of his life, Johann Sebastian Bach worked on a piece that he knew would represent the summation of his life’s work. In the end, the material of Bach’s almighty Mass in B minor was almost two decades in the making - a compilation of some of his finest vocal music woven together with startlingly original new music born of acute inspiration. William Christie conducts Bach’s Mass with a quartet of soloists and his own ensemble Les Arts Florissants, known for its historically informed and infectiously exciting performances of Baroque music. There will be no interval Royal Albert Hall, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore
Kensington
London
SW7 2AP
England

Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach – Mass in B minor, BWV 232

Performers

Katherine Watson – soprano
 Tim Mead – counter-tenor
 Reinoud Van Mechelen – tenor
 André Morsch – baritone
 William Christie – Conductor

Les Arts Florissants

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Programme Note

During the last four years of his life, Johann Sebastian Bach worked on a piece that he knew would represent the summation of his life’s work. In the end, the material of Bach’s almighty Mass in B minor was almost two decades in the making - a compilation of some of his finest vocal music woven together with startlingly original new music born of acute inspiration.

William Christie conducts Bach’s Mass with a quartet of soloists and his own ensemble Les Arts Florissants, known for its historically informed and infectiously exciting performances of Baroque music.

There will be no interval

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