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Bach: B Minor Mass

Radio 3 in Concert Edinburgh International Festival 2014
Episode 3 of 4

Philippe Herreweghe, founder of Collegium Vocale Gent, conducts the ensemble in Bach's B minor Mass in a concert given at the 2014 Edinburgh International Festival.

Philippe Herreweghe, founder of the choir and orchestra of Collegium Vocale Gent conducts this specialist ensemble in a performance of Bach's B minor Mass given in Edinburgh's Usher Hall during the Edinburgh International Festival in August 2014 and presented by Donald Macleod.
Bach's Mass in B minor is one of the greatest monuments of western music and yet its origins are still a mystery. Much of it is compiled and adapted from music Bach wrote over the previous 40 years and it's far too long for liturgical use. It stands as a showcase of his compositional skills so may have been an elaborate job application or maybe Bach wrote it purely for his own satisfaction. In any case, the score was completed only a year before Bach died and he never heard it performed in its entirety. Its first publisher Hans Georg N盲geli described it as "the greatest musical work of art of all times and nations" and, even allowing for a salesman's exaggeration, his confidence was justified.

Bach: Mass in B minor

Dorothee Mields (soprano)
Hana Blazikova (soprano)
Damien Guillon (countertenor)
Thomas Hobbs (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Collegium Vocale Gent
Phillippe Herreweghe (conductor).

2 hours, 30 minutes

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Wed 17 Sep 2014 19:30
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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mass in B minor BWV.232

    Performer: Dorothee Mields. Performer: Hana Bla啪铆kov谩. Performer: Damien Guillon. Performer: Thomas Hobbs. Performer: Peter Kooij. Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent. Orchestra: Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.

  • Post concert

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F major, BWV 1047

      Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.
      • ARCHIV.

    • Andrzej Panufnik

      Concerto in Modo Antico

      Performer: Igor Cechoco. Conductor: Mariusz Smolij. Orchestra: Polish Chamber Orchestra.
      • Panufnik - Homage to Polish Music.
      • Naxos.
      • 8570032.

Broadcast

  • Wed 17 Sep 2014 19:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3