We use cookies to give you the best online experience. By using our website you agree to our use of cookies in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Learn more here. x

Good Friday Concert: JS Bach's Mass in B minor

When
Friday March 30, 2018 at 19:00
Where
Leeds Minster, Leeds
Tickets
(£15; £10 concessions; free admission to Leeds school students)
Phone for tickets: 0113 376 0318
Phone lines open: 10am to 6pm, Monday - Saturday
Other Sources: City Centre Box Office, Leeds Town Hall, The Headrow, Leeds LS1 3AD
Book Online Book by Email
Tickets "at the door" - until sold out
  1. Mass in B minor BWV 232 - Johann Sebastian Bach

The history of what we know as Bach’s B minor Mass is absorbingly complex. It seems almost certain that its composer never heard it through in the manner of modern performance; indeed, the work’s first complete performance is likely to have been that arranged by the Berlin Singakademie in 1834 - the result of Mendelssohn’s enthusiastic advocacy.

Bach’s autographed full score divides the monumental opus into four distinct sections: i) Missa (in the Lutheran sense of that term, referring to Kyrie and Gloria in Excelsis); ii) Symbolum Nicenum (the Nicene Creed); iii) Sanctus; iv) Benedictus, Osanna, Agnus Dei et Dona nobis pacem. At least ten of the twenty-five movements contained within the Mass as a whole are known to have had their origin in earlier compositions. Despite all this inherent diversity, the Mass in B minor somehow forms a unifying whole; at once artistically, emotionally and spiritually uplifting.

It can be said that no single musical work is greater than Bach’s Mass in B minor; the glorious sonorities of the piece include wonderful settings of the sections of the Creed dealing with the suffering, death, burial and Resurrection of Jesus, making a performance on Good Friday an especially compelling experience.


Venue
Leeds Minster
Kirkgate
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS2 7DJ
England


This advertisement was submitted by St Peter's Singers of Leeds.
Print or Save this concert's QR code



Disclaimer: We endeavour to supply full and accurate information but cannot be held responsible for any errors.
Please check with the ticket vendor before you purchase your ticket. PLEASE REPORT BAD CONTENT

©2024 Concert Diary. The interactive Concert Guide specialising in listings for Opera, Ballet and Classical Music Concerts.