Name: Bach in Excelsis: The Mass in B Minor
Start: 2023-03-19T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-03-19T00:00:00.000Z
Location: South Bank Centre

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

London

United Kingdom

Royal Festival Hall

r MULTI-BUY Sun 19 Mar 2023, 7pm Part of Classical music Royal Festival Hall Classical music £10 –⁠ £82 BOOK NOW Save: Mass in B minor

Public

Mass in B minor, BWV 232

Approved

South Bank Centre

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Mezzo-soprano

Contralto

Baritone

Bass-baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

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.

English

Bach in Excelsis: The Mass in B Minor by Bach, J. S., Dom 19 Márt 2023, Ó (2023/2023), Seoltóir Václav Luks, South Bank Centre, London, United Kingdom

Creidmheasanna feidhmíochta (Foireann & Criú )

Caitheadh

Ensemble

Clár, Eolas & Achoimre

Grianghraif

Tuilleadh léitheoireachta

Dátaí & Ionaid Feidhmíochta

Ionaid