Organization

Conductor

Václav Luks

Singer

Soprano

Julia Doyle

Anna Devin

Countertenor

Hugh Cutting

Tenor

Hugo Hymas

Bass

Roderick Williams

Orchestra

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Southbank Centre

Bach in Excelsis: The Mass in B Minor

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Mass in B minor, BWV 232

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South Bank Centre

Harpsichordist Václav Luks makes his debut with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in a fresh chamber interpretation of Bach’s monumental Mass in B Minor.

The Mass in B Minor rises from the musical landscape like a great cathedral.

For Bach it was the culmination of a life’s journey – for those who come after it is a place of pilgrimage.

Like so much else with Bach, the work had a very pragmatic beginning.

It had started out as a project in 1733 to seemingly secure the Protestant composer a court title in Catholic Dresden; over the years he added further sections – each a self-contained triumph – although his ultimate intention for the work remains unclear. 

The Mass is one of the high peaks of human creativity. A compendium of sublime arias that takes relish in virtuoso solos from singers and instrumentalists with some of Bach’s most wondrously crafted choruses.

Bach elevates the whole into a work of true heavenly dimensions.

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Bach in Excelsis: The Mass in B Minor by Bach, J. S., From (2023/2023), Conductor Václav Luks, South Bank Centre, London, United Kingdom

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