BBC Proms

Bach – Mass in B minor (2012x26)

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Johann Sebastian Bach Mass in B minor (110 mins) Joélle Harvey: soprano Carolyn Sampson: soprano Iestyn Davies: counter-tenor Ed Lyon: tenor Matthew Rose: bass Choir of the English Concert The English Concert Harry Bicket, Conductor - Quote: "One of the greatest pieces ever written". Having restored choral music to the forefront of his ensemble’s recent activities, Baroque specialist Harry Bicket returns to the Proms hotfoot from the 2012 Leipzig Bachfest with one of music’s great milestones. Since its rediscovery by 19th-century Romantics, Bach’s Mass in B minor has been continually reimagined, most recently with an injection of period-style agility and buoyancy. Still the mysteries remain, as befits a testament through which the composer seemingly intended to carve out his unique place in cultural history. Charles Hazlewood, Host Sung in Latin with fixed English subtitles Commentary in English From Pal 16:9 to AVI DIVX 720p HD 16:9 View using any DIVX compatible media player, or, burn the folder as DATA to a DVD5 for viewing on a TV, etc. -------------------------------------- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_in_B_minor The Mass in B minor (BWV 232) is a musical setting of the complete Latin Mass by Johann Sebastian Bach. The work was one of Bach's last, not completed until 1749, the year before his death in 1750. Much of the Mass consisted of music that Bach had composed earlier: the Kyrie and Gloria sections had been composed as a Lutheran Missa in 1733 for the Elector of Saxony at Dresden. The Sanctus dates back to 1724, and the Qui tollis movement was based on a cantata chorus dating from 1714. To complete the work, however, in the 1740s Bach composed new sections of the Credo such as Et incarnatus est. The completed Mass was his last major composition. It was unusual for composers working in the Lutheran tradition to compose a Missa tota and Bach's motivations remain a matter of scholarly debate. The Mass was