Summary
Bach Festival Chantry Singers Mass in B Minor, Bath Abbey So the Bach Festival is finished and what better final act could there be than this, arguably Bach's greatest work - indeed some would claim, the greatest work ever written? And, as the final Dona nobis pacem died away, there was a brief poignant silence before the audience rose to applaud a quite exceptional performance. From the opening Kyrie, it was clear that this might be special. The balance was exactly right, the tempi broad and confident, the blend of instruments and voices established from the start and maintained throughout. The Bach Steinitz Players brought a wealth of experience and virtuosity to this music and each section made its own special contribution, strings and continuo, woodwind and brass, including a remarkable natural horn with the bass solo Quoniam. The playing was majestic in its quality and inherent sympathy with the changing moods of the music.
The choir had clearly decided to give it their all, nothing held back, and they produced some of the finest singing I've heard from them over many years.See the full content of this document
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Final Notes Sound at Bath Bach Festival
The measured fugual opening Kyrie, the exultant joyful Cum sancto spiritu, the mystery of the Et incarnatus, the plangent Crucifixus, followed by the explosion of the Et Resurrexit...
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