BBC Proms 2022 – Prom 57: Johann Sebastian Bach’s Mass in B-minor conducted by John Butt with Age of Enlightenment forces. August 29, Royal Albert Hall. No review but a souvenir photo, and a postscript.

Aug 30, 2022 | BBC Proms 2022, Ramblings | 1 comment

Photo, Chris Christodoulou

Artists:
Rachel Redmond soprano

Mary Bevan soprano

Iestyn Davies countertenor

Guy Cutting tenor

Matthew Brook bass

Choir of the Enlightenment

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

John Butt

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001bcsw

Colin comments: I did listen last night, and it was impressive, but I do not feel qualified to review this or any other performance of the B-minor Mass, which, according to the Radio 3 announcer, has “more layers than an onion”, even though I have heard the work several times and have recordings by Celibidache. Giulini and Jochum.

1 Comment

  1. Robert Matthew-Walker
    Robert Matthew-Walker on August 30, 2022 at 10:53 am

    Such profound musical insight in that comment from the Radio 3 announcer! I wonder what he/she would have said had the BBC broadcast the 1951 Third Programme performance conducted by George Enescu, with Katheen Ferrier and Peter Pears amongst the soloists, a broadcast produced by Robert Simpson – or what Simpson would have said had he heard that comment.

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