More info Buy tickets. Indeed, for all his overall quickness, Lutz manages to be the fastest in only a few of the 27 movements (among my pool of movement-by-movement comparison) and then often by as little as a second. For an essay on the late-romantic composer Hans Rott in Listen Magazine I won a 2012 ASCAP Deems Taylor Award. Find recording details and track inforamtion for Mass in B minor, for soloists,… - Johann Sebastian Bach on AllMusic But after a few movements where I felt that Lutz was notably nimble and fleet (Gloria, laudamus te, and the first half of the Credo), I thought it might be worth checking. Listen free to Johann Sebastian Bach – Mass in B Minor (Mass in B Minor, Mass in B Minor and more). The solo parts were taken by a quintet of young Baroque specialists, with Carolyn Sampson a late replacement for Malin Christensson. Bach’s Mass in b minor, BWV 232.The institute traditionally selects one magnum opus per season, but this summer has chosen two: Handel’s Concerti Grossi, Op. There were also some sensitive dynamic contrasts, such as a lovely diminuendo partway through the Gratias agimus tibi, and the woodwind interlude after the first Kyrie was soft and mellow. 30th anniversary of the Palau Chamber Chorus: Bach B minor mass . Palau de la Música, Barcelona. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Bach Pilgrimage Cantata recording project on SDG. Mass in B minor (Period Performance) Spire Chamber Ensemble. Guest lecturer Daniel R. Melamed, “Performing Bach’s Mass in B Minor in an Age of Choices.” Tuesday, March 19, 7:30 p.m. Duesenberg Recital Hall Free admission Daniel R. Melamed is the author of “Hearing Bach’s passions,” and “J. Bach’s Mass in B minor was described by its first publisher as “the greatest musical work of art of all times and nations”. Keith Falkner. Event date: 20 May 2012. Also: I want Klaus Mertens’ life. When they do sustain high notes, it is an entirely different, more piercing and pure quality, than a soprano can achieve. At various times I have worked with the CATO Institute, written for the Washington Post, contributed to Washington's Public Radio Station, and sold classical music at Tower Records. missa (“mass”) in Lutheran Germany, it is a not complete composition that Bach wrote to be performed in toto, and it is not in B minor. performance of 'Mass in B minor' (musical performance) Listening experiences: 1550752998958: Performance of: Mass in B minor. Even without stage machinery or sets, The English Concert’s performance of Handel’s. 6 tracks (31:18). At various times I have worked with the CATO Institute, written for the Washington Post, contributed to Washington's Public Radio Station, and sold classical music at…. AU - Seymour, Peter Geoffrey. Discover more music, concerts, … Not that that’s what is impressive or truly noteworthy about the release. However, the building was not completed until 1751, and Bach's death in July 1750 prevented his Mass from being submitted for use at the dedication. Orchestra. Superbly dramatic, effective far beyond its already considerable beauty, she manages to give that certain bit of je ne sais quoi that makes a voice stand out… she gets the nuances just right, she has a lovely way of building tension and caressing detail. instruments: Bass (voice type) Choir. Bach: Mass in B minor Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1) Ton Koopman, conductor: Composer: Bach, Johann … performers: Elsie Suddaby. Margaret Balfour. In any case, I am enthralled. Performing edition and direction by PS with Yorkshire Bach Choir and Yorkshire Baroque Soloists in St Michael le Belfrey, York. Nor does that kind of quality necessarily transfer well into the recording studio, when it’s taken there. Quite the opposite, his interpretation is one of the more organic I know. My favorite piece in the B-Minor mass, however, is one I’ll never sing in any performance I’d want to be part of. TY - ADVS. Above all, it is highly communicative – even if your Latin is as remote in your educational history as it is in mine. He must be having such a blast, singing Bach at such an exalted level for four decades. “By all accounts the chorus remains as vital an institution as ever…The B-Minor Mass performance was rousing, committed and touching…Bach’s ‘St. These slow Credo movements that describe Christ being made man and crucified were sung very simply, without any fuss, letting Bach’s gorgeous harmony speak for itself, although at this central moment there was unfortunately a slight loss of diction. Find recording details and track inforamtion for Mass in B minor, for soloists,… - Johann Sebastian Bach on AllMusic A Mini-Festival of concurrent events provides opportunities for immersion in the context of Bach’s artistic masterwork. The solo instrumental accompaniments to the arias were especially enjoyable, with the solo flutes, oboes, solo violin and horn all taking equal roles with the vocal parts. Though it does start in that key, a very rare and difficult key at the time, the main key is D major. If you would like to see a copy of Bach’s own manuscript of the Mass in B Minor click here. The tempi did pick up considerably in the fast fugal choral passages, which sparkled and danced: the semiquaver runs were immaculately smooth; the tricky bass passage on “Et iterum venturus est” was simply heroic; and the Baroque trumpets added extra glitter throughout without ever overpowering the choir. David Portillo, Tenor. He puts in his usual, impeccable contribution. 0.1 Introduction: Bach ïs Missa tota The work of a lifetime Bach ïs Mass in B minor (BWV 232) is the synthesis of his life ïs work. Composed over a span of 35 years, the Mass in B minor reveals the depth and breadth of the master’s creativity and spiritual conviction. Bach. The Mass in B Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach transcends categories: neither religious nor profane, it is full of fervour, contemplation and emotion; neither Lutheran nor Catholic, it is both, therefore transcending the very principle of ecumenism. Despite its sheer scale and grandeur, Bach didn't even give the work a name, and exists only as a collection of itinerant manuscripts. T1 - Bach, Mass in B Minor. Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor. Y1 - 1990. Search this record. The new performance is on Gardiner's own Soli Deo Gloria label, and again features the conductor's Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists. [1] He clocked in at an unprecedented 1:40:27. Concert. I prepared these program notes for a performance of Bach's Mass in B Minor by the Combined Choruses and Orchestra of Furman University under the direction of Professor Bingham Vick, April 23, 2010.My sincere thanks to Dr. Vick for entrusting me with this privilege. Bach’s Mass in B minor was described by its first publisher as “the greatest musical work of art of all times and nations”. Title: Juilliard415 and Royal Conservatoire The Hague Baroque Orchestra and Choir ; November 19, 2016. Wednesday's B minor Mass revealed much the same combination of strengths and weaknesses that have accompanied previous realizations of Bach's religious music given at this venue under his direction. Bach, Mass in B minor, BWV232. Kimy McLaren, Soprano. Program notes on the B Minor Mass by Douglas Bush In 1817 the Swiss critic Hans-Georg Naegeli praised BachÍs Mass in B Minor as "the greatest work of music in all ages and of all people." The Mass has also withstood widely varied performance styles. I contribute to Listen Magazine and Auditorium and mostly live in Vienna, Austria. Trinity Lutheran Church. J.S. In the process, the HIP conductors have changed the way people tend to hear the work. Matthew Passion’ too was ardently and lovingly performed…” —New York Times, May 2007 “This is Bach at its finest. Wed 27 Jan 2021 at 20:00. From the bold opening statement of the Kyrie, the chorus produced a full and well-balanced sound, with sensitivity that allowed the important moments in each part to shine through: the bass statement of the Lutheran plainchant in the Confiteor movement of the Credo rang out, and all parts stepped aside for the lovely first alto lead partway through the Sanctus. [2] All three land around the 1 hour and 42 minutes mark. The culmination of a triumphant season for Apollo’s Fire! Bach conducted the Sanctus, in its first version, at the 1724 Christmas service in Leipzig, and re-used it in Christmas services in the mid-1740s. The fastest B-Minor Mass on record.. …was, for many years, Konrad Junghänel’s with the Cantus Cölln, on Harmonia Mundi. “It really feels — when you listen to this live — that you become immersed in it. Sigiswald Kuijken (Challenge Classics, 2008) and Jonathan Butt (Linn, 2009), and Herreweghe again (Phi, 2012, his third recording)[2] have since come close, but not quite. Frankly, I didn’t expect that much. I will return to listen to it often. A wonderful question which, I’d argue, admits of no single answer. Nonetheless, it is musical and entertaining. Bach’s Mass in B minor was described by its first publisher as “the greatest musical work of art of all times and nations”. But short of chickening out, I would have hitherto pointed to Jos van Veldhoven’s recording (Challenge Classics, 2006) as the go-to pick. What makes little sense on paper reveals itself as logical in the listening: Lutz’ B-Minor Mass never sounds gimmicky or fast-for-speed’s sake. Access to audio and video recordings is limited to authenticated members of the Juilliard Community. The undoubted star of the whole evening was, however, countertenor Iestyn Davies. Prom 26: An unforgettable B minor Mass with The English Concert, https://bachtrack.com/review-bbc-prom-26-2012-english-concert-bicket-bach-b-minor-mass, https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/2331, https://bachtrack.com/files/40598-jane-bachtrack.jpg, Bicket and The English Concert leave Carnegie Hall thrilled, To add a comment, please sign in or register. Nonetheless, it is musical and entertaining. Completed in 1748, with individual parts composed and performed earlier. The Mass in B minor (BWV 232) by Johann Sebastian Bach is a musical setting of the complete Ordinary of the Latin Mass.The work was one of Bach's last compositions, not completed until 1749, the year before his death. Haile Gebrselassie would blench if he knew. (See also: The Real Top 10 Bach Recordings on Forbes and Bach's Mass in B-minor BWV 232 – a review of Veldhoven’s and Masaaki Suzuki’s recordings – on ionarts.) Bas liked this post Nov-05-2013, 09:27 #11. Rudolf Lutz crosses the finishing line on the breathless breath (but sounding perfectly at ease) of “dona nobis pacem” after 1:39:45! Naxos 8.550585-6 More info. Tenor. Johann Sebastian Bach’s Mass in B minor is regarded by many as one of the supreme achievements of Western classical music. That may work well for the cantatas, where one is less prone to make direct comparisons[3] but it isn’t necessarily the recipe for success in one of the grandest and most-recorded works of the musical canon. Mass in B minor (Period Performance) Spire Chamber Ensemble. Mass in B Minor, BWV 232. Guest lecturer Daniel R. Melamed, “Performing Bach’s Mass in B Minor in an Age of Choices.” Tuesday, March 19, 7:30 p.m. Duesenberg Recital Hall Free admission Daniel R. Melamed is the author of “Hearing Bach’s passions,” and “J. Even before its first complete performance, the Swiss music historian and publisher Hans Georg Nägeli described it as the “greatest musical masterpiece of all times and nations”. BBC Symphony Orchestra. You may opt-out by. Now a Grammy®-winning orchestra, Apollo’s Fire proudly presents Bach’s celebratory and exhilarating Mass in B Minor – never before heard on period instruments in Northeast Ohio. Itullian. Rehearsal and performance schedule . Drawing on decades of composition, including what he considered to be the most thematically relevant of his great cantatas, Bach created a masterpiece designed to endure for the ages. There are a few recent recordings of the B-minor Mass that have not come across my desk yet – Jonathan Cohen’s on hyperion, John Eliot Gardiner’s new recording on Soli Deo Gloria, Herreweghe III, Mortensen (on CPO) – and several that have… and with that caveat dangling, the St. Gallen Foundation’s recording is ascending to the top of my heap of B-Minor Masses. His performance of the B Minor Mass is idiosyncratic in it's sound, in his choice of choral voices and in the nature of his interpretation. From a quiet and controlled beginning, the music slowly uncoiled in a sinuous, organic whole, growing and flowering until it reached its climax with the final blaze of trumpets, concluding what was, for me, a near flawless performance. The complete B Minor Mass was first heard in Leipzig, Germany, in 1859. N2 - Bach, JS - Mass in B minor. The first complete performance of the B Minor Mass in the USA was given in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, by The Bach Choir of Bethlehem, under the direction of its founder, Dr. J. Fred Wolle, in 1900. Sir Adrian Boult. Glover presided over a performance that moved seamlessly from big choruses to quiet solos, marshaling her forces with both care and flair. Male vocals. The Mass in B minor was not performed in its entirety in Bach’s lifetime. The Mass in B Minor did not assume its final form until Bach's last years, perhaps by 1748. Indeed, the 21 "historically informed performers" (HIP) who have recorded their B Minors join an even larger number of "mainstream" conductors in the record catalog. The rest – up-and-coming tenor Daniel Johannsen (last reviewed in a St. Matthew Passion with the Vienna Academy Orchestra) and alto Alex Potter – fit in with that aforementioned uniform high standard of performance. To oversimplify matters, let’s begin by pointing out that performance styles have changed in the past century. Harry Bicket, conducting and playing harpsichord, took most of the work at a fairly steady speed; this worked well in such a big venue, and allowed us to savour all the details of Bach’s orchestral writing. My 2 top performers for the Mass in B Minor are definitely both Philippe Herreweghe: Collegium Vocale Gent or Harry Christophers: The Sixteen Choir & Orchestra these two are just right in every way, especially the Agnus Dei part by Philippe Herreweghe & Andreas Scholl is beyond perfection! Next. The Mass has also withstood widely varied performance styles. This DVD has a picture format of NTSC color shot full-screen 4:3 with a region code of 0 worldwide. Juilliard users please authenticate. The mixed male and female alto line was particularly impressive, with some lovely rich singing low in the register, such as in the first Kyrie and the slower movements of the Credo. His Agnus Dei solo, however, was on another level; his tone and subtle expressivity had me absolutely transfixed. And still better yet, it’s superbly played and with just the sense of being in the moment that studio recordings (this is one) so rarely contain. My bent is libertarian, my background European, my passion classical music and its economics. The first documented performance of any portion of the B Minor Mass was by the composer's son C.P.E. This product includes GeoLite2 data created by MaxMind, available from, https://bachtrack.com/concert-event/prom-26-the-english-concert-royal-albert-hall-2-august-2012/121172, https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode, https://bachtrack.com/files/102168-event-pages.jpg, https://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png. She has performed as a soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony No. ER - off Karl Richter’s benchmark 1962 account (Archiv) and six and eight minutes respectively the classic HIP recordings of John Eliot Gardiner’s (1985, Archiv - a classic) and Philippe Herreweghe’s second reading from 1996 (Harmonia Mundi). Event Description. performers: Elsie Suddaby. I occasionally work with musicians, orchestras, and record labels on questions of repertoire and I am particularly interested in how to retain classical music as a living art form, not mere museum art. Previous. 3 (the concert was on June 24), and the Bach mass. This DVD has a picture format of NTSC color shot full-screen 4:3 with a region code of 0 worldwide. J.S. All are invited to participate in Bach’s B Minor Mass during the Pir Vilayat 100 th Birthday Celebration, to be held June 16-19, 2016 at the Abode of the Message in New Lebanon, New York. (Some of) The Best B Minor Mass Recordings Ever... Ok, so we've definitely missed some (the Harnoncourt and Leonhardt ones to name but a few), but we've been having a think about the best recordings of Bach's B Minor Mass and here are some of our suggestions: [3] In fact, a similar approach has worked pretty well for Gardiner and his Bach Pilgrimage Cantata recording project on SDG. Bicket and Davies brought the Agnus Dei to a beautifully quiet close and gave us a tantalisingly long pause before unfurling the powerful Dona nobis pacem chorus that closes the work. …was, for many years, Konrad Junghänel’s with the Cantus Cölln, on Harmonia Mundi[1]. Contralto. J.S. (And if there were an Olympic gold medal for brass trills, it would have been won easily tonight.) BUY TICKETS. performance of 'Mass in B minor' (musical performance) Listening experiences: 1550752998958: Performance of: Mass in B minor. Bach’s Mass in B minor is one performance you won’t want to miss this season. Sara Jobin, a Grammy-nominated conductor, will lead us in select sections of the Mass the evening of Saturday, June 18, from 6-8:15 pm. Event date: 20 May 2012. Posted by Southern Sinfonia at And boy did it sound fast! Location: Mission, KS. Y1 - 2017/3/18. Southern Sinfonia perform Bach's B Minor Mass with The Bach Choir on 6th July at Winchester Cathedral to open the Winchester Festival, for more information please see our website. Though some may wish to qualify NaegeliÍs statement, the Mass is one of … Concert. Bach’s masterpiece, “Mass in B Minor,” has left posterity struggling for superlatives to describe its scope and impact. J.S. A monumental piece of music at Notre-Dame de Paris, a monument of art history. Is Your Doctor Making Mistakes Because He Or She Is Too Tired? M3 - Performance. Lo and behold, we have at our hands, for whatever it’s worth, the fastest recorded B-Minor Mass! Seattle Symphony and Chorale’s performance of Bach’s ‘Mass in B Minor’ is gratifyingly good March 15, 2019 at 1:25 pm Updated March 15, 2019 at 2:14 pm Again available only in monaural sound, the performance features an especially fine battalion of soloists. The Mass in B minor was not performed in its entirety in Bach’s lifetime. His first solo, the Qui sedes, filled the hall with a rich, creamy and very masculine sound, that avoided all the pitfalls of countertenor singing, for he was never shrill or piercing. The book also traces the history of the work after Bach's death, addresses specific issues of performance practice, and investigates the qualities that give the B-Minor Mass its universal appeal. His performance of the B Minor Mass is idiosyncratic in it's sound, in his choice of choral voices and in the nature of his interpretation. Jane Shuttleworth reviews Prom 26: The English Concert performing Bach's B minor Mass. One is used to fast tempos in Bach by now, and the performance of the St. Gallen J.S.Bach Stiftung’s new recording, led by Rudolf Lutz – with neither the reputation to go for breakneck speeds at all costs, nor the subjective feeling that that was the idea – didn’t strike me as rushed, much less record-setting. Rihab Chaieb, Mezzo-soprano. One of the most profound and astounding spiritual testaments ever composed, Johann Sebastian Bach’s Mass in B minor is the summation of a lifetime of creating music. Bach composed his Mass in B minor around 1748–49, a year before his death in 1750. Soprano . The highlight amid an otherwise uniformly fine performance is the singing of soprano Julia Doyle. BACH'S MASS IN B MINOR (performance 1: St Stephen's) - The grand complexity, sublime beauty, and inherent solemnity of Bach's great Mass in B Minor has for centuries established this work as one of the composer's finest liturgical and musical achievements. Bicket obviously wanted to give us a moment of silence at the end, which would have been nice, but the audience were having none of it, erupting into enthusiastic applause almost before the last note finished. T1 - Bach - Mass in B minor. As so much of Bach’s music does, the Mass’s many moments provide the perfect soundtrack for reflection, revelation, and aspiration, as indispensable now as ever. “By all accounts the chorus remains as vital an institution as ever…The B-Minor Mass performance was rousing, committed and touching…Bach’s ‘St. Keith Falkner. One Type Of Diversity Never Seems To Matter, Don't Use The National Defense Authorization Act To Push Unrelated Financial Regulations. For three decades, from 1939 -- … PROGRAM NOTES. 1 st performance of Sanctus: December 25, 1725 - Leipzig; 2 nd performance of Sanctus: 1726-1727 ... Mass in B minor BWV 232 - conducted by Claudio Abbado Mass in B minor BWV 232 - conducted by Anonymous Conductor Mass in B minor BWV 232 - conducted by Georg Christoph Biller Professional altos often have warm, deep voices. Lo and behold, we have at our hands, for whatever it’s worth, the fastest recorded B-Minor Mass! © 2010-2020 Bachtrack Ltd. All rights reserved. Amazon mp3: $19 | Amazon CD: ~$28| ArkivMusic: $37 | Qobuz download: £16-21 (Hi-Res) | iTunes mp3: $20. Towards the end of his life, mainly in 1748 and 1749, he finished composing new sections and compiling it into a complex, unified structure. I might still, but I’m not sure if Lutz & Co. may not have sneaked up there, as co-favorites. Bach's Mass in B minor. I love the cantata recordings of the outfit, and extolled the virtues of their ongoing effort to record them all in a Forbes CD of the Week pick, using Volume 13 as an example. And yet here it does. Is it my favorite? Bach’s most monumental work is the cornerstone and grand finale of the 2019 St. Louis Bach Festival. The National Chorus. When it … PY - 2017/3/18. Program notes on the B Minor Mass by Douglas Bush In 1817 the Swiss critic Hans-Georg Naegeli praised BachÍs Mass in B Minor as "the greatest work of music in all ages and of all people." Female vocals. Mass in B minor, BWV 232 / J.S. It’s also the culmination of one man’s great life of musical creativity, and a great personal statement of faith. Sign in to use alerts, your personal diary/wishlist, to save your recent searches, to comment on articles and reviews or if you want to input events. Trinity Lutheran Church. His second solo, Et in spiritum sanctum, was better than the earlier Quonium tu solus sanctus, perhaps as he settled into the Albert Hall’s vast space. Wolfgang Osthoff and other scholars have suggested that Bach intended the completed Mass in B minor for performance at the dedication of the new Hofkirche in Dresden, which was begun in 1738 and was nearing completion by the late 1740s. If anything, what is notable about this Mass, despite its timing, is how un-rushed it sounds. The first complete rendition, albeit of separate sections spread out over several years, is thought to have begun in 1811 by the Berlin Singakademie. Sir Adrian Boult. Location: Mission, KS. BACH’S B MINOR MASS. Though some may wish to qualify NaegeliÍs statement, the Mass is one of the greatest monuments in western art music. Junghänel had shaved almost 23 minutes (!) It’s the Agnus Dei. Frank Titterton. Much of the Mass gave new form to vocal music that Bach had composed throughout his career, dating back (in the case of the "Crucifixus") to 1714, but extensively revised. The Mass in B minor is Johann Sebastian Bach's only setting of the complete Latin text of the Ordinarium missae. This first public presentation of the Mass in America inaugurated an annual series of festival performances of the work that continues in Bethlehem to this day. As in all the other duets, there was an impressive degree of communication between the singers, and they took the trouble to direct their singing to all parts of the audience. I will return to listen to it often. The problem for any bass soloist in a period performance of the B minor Mass is that all eyes and ears are drawn to the natural horn accompaniment of the Quonium, played here by Ursula Paludan Monberg, who produced a crisp and well-controlled sound. Mass in B Minor (BWV 232) – JS Bach Saturday, March 10 – 8 p.m. St. Anne’s Church, Church Circle. © 2020 Forbes Media LLC. 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