Prom 63: Bach - Mass in B minor
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London, a performance of Bach's celebrated Mass in B minor, with William Christie conducting his Baroque ensemble Les Arts Florissants.
Live at Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms: Les Arts Florissants and William Christie perform Bach's Mass in B minor.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Bach: Mass in B minor
Katherine Watson (soprano)
Tim Mead (countertenor)
Reinoud Van Mechelen (tenor)
AndrΓ© Morsch (baritone)
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie (conductor)
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.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Mass in B minor BWV 232
Performer: Katherine Watson. Performer: Tim Mead. Performer: Reinoud Van Mechelen. Performer: AndrΓ© Morsch. Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie. -
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French suite for keyboard no. 3 (BWV.814) in B minor [complete]
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita for violin solo no. 3 (BWV.1006) in E major [complete]
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- Thu 1 Sep 2016 19:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
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