The Mass in B minor is as lofty in design, scope and expression as anything written by the hand of man. It's one of several instances in the music of Johann Sebastian Bach in which a piece is created ...

Herreweghe has now recorded the Mass in B Minor three times with the Collegium Vocale Gent, and by general consensus it has improved with each recording. The challenge was to make the filigree ...

One of the Baroque period's most celebrated choral masterpieces, this Mass was Bach's last major work before he died. Bach composed his Mass in B minor around 1748–49, a year before his death in 1750.

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The year 1685 was certainly good for music. After all, Johann Sebastian Bach, composer of St. Matthew Passion and B Minor ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The first publisher of Bach’s Mass in B Minor, Hans Georg Nägeli, called it the “greatest musical work of art ...

Classical music is a wonderful tool for relieving everyday stress, supporting mental health and easing you into sleep at the end of a busy day – so let the dulcet tones of a beautifully-played flute ...

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