Haydn Nelson Mass and Bach Passiontide Music at St Andrew Holborn, London on Saturday 21st March 2026

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Haydn Nelson Mass and Bach Passiontide Music

Add to my Calendar 21-03-2026 19:00 21-03-2026 21:00 36 Haydn Nelson Mass and Bach Passiontide Music Haydn Nelson Mass (Missa in angustiis): composed during a time of international crisis and named after the legendary Admiral Nelson, this "Mass in time of distress" is one of Haydn's most dramatic and powerful works. From the stormy D minor Kyrie to the jubilant Dona Nobis Pacem, it offers a visceral blend of devotion and triumph. J S Bach Passiontide Music: A sequence of movements from Bach's Leipzig cantantas, with new English words, telling the story of Holy week. This sublime music expresses universal human emotions of sorrow, compassion, hope and joy. St Andrew Holborn, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Andrew Holborn
5 St Andrew Street
Holborn
London
EC4A 3AF
England

Saturday 21st March 2026
7:00 PM

Programme

Joseph Haydn – Mass no.11 in D minor 'Nelson', Hob.XXII:11
~ Interval ~
Johann Sebastian Bach – Music from the Cantatas for Passiontide and Easter

Performers

David Gostick – Conductor
Ben Lewis-Smith – organ continuo
Danni O'Neill – soprano
Geoff Williams – Bass

Medici Choir
Brandenburg Sinfonia

Programme Note

Haydn Nelson Mass (Missa in angustiis): composed during a time of international crisis and named after the legendary Admiral Nelson, this "Mass in time of distress" is one of Haydn's most dramatic and powerful works. From the stormy D minor Kyrie to the jubilant Dona Nobis Pacem, it offers a visceral blend of devotion and triumph.

J S Bach Passiontide Music: A sequence of movements from Bach's Leipzig cantantas, with new English words, telling the story of Holy week. This sublime music expresses universal human emotions of sorrow, compassion, hope and joy.

Haydn Nelson Mass and Bach Passiontide Music

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