Arguably J.S. Bach’s most towering achievement, Emmanuel Music rounds out the 2024-25 performance season by putting our trademark stamp on the great Mass in B Minor, a work of vocal and orchestral mastery. Completed only one year before his death, Bach himself never heard the work, but used this setting of the Mass Ordinary to showcase the prowess, ingenuity, and flexibility he had spent his lifetime honing. Join us and immerse yourself in Bach’s magnificent sonic landscape, featuring eleven vocal soloists and an orchestra including 3 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 flutes, trumpets, horn, timpani, and strings.

Tune in to WCRB on Sunday, April 27th at 6am and midnight to hear Ryan Turner talk through the B Minor Mass with "Bach Hour" host Brian McCreath. The program will be available on demand at classical.org for two weeks after airing.

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Learn more about the Bach’s Mass in B Minor

Listen to cantatas re-imagined by Bach for use in the B Minor Mass