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Bach B Minor Mass

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Fri, Oct 3, 2025, 18:00
"The greatest artwork the world has ever seen" - at least that's what the head of the Berlin Sing-Akademie, Carl Friedrich Zelter, thought in 1811, over 60 years after Bach's death, about his Mass in B minor. But even without this superlative, it is the work of the master that is still the most frequently performed worldwide and is even said to make die-hard atheists contemplate. It is considered the peak of Bach's work and is the last major work... Read full text

Keywords: Choir and Orchestra, Vocal Music

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Hans-Christoph RademannConductor
Christina LandshamerSoprano
Marie Henriette ReinholdAlto
Patrick GrahlTenor
Matthias WinckhlerBass
Dresdner Kammerchor
Dresdner Philharmonie

Program

Johann Sebastian BachHohe Messe in B minor for soloists, choir, and orchestra
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