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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2016 - One Hundred and Twenty Second Season - Prom 63 - Les Arts Florissants and William Christie - Bach's 'Mass in B Minor'
Performance Date1 September 2016
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time19:33
Main PerformersKatherine Watson,
Tim Mead,
Reinoud Van Mechelen,
André Morsch - vocals
Orchestra or BandLes Arts Florissants
ConductorsWilliam Christie
Set List'Mass in B Minor', Bach
Performance NotesDuring the last four years of his life, Johann Sebastian Bach worked on a piece that he knew would represent the summation of his life’s work.

In the end, the material of Bach’s almighty Mass in B minor was almost two decades in the making – a compilation of some of his finest vocal music woven together with startlingly original new music born of acute inspiration.

William Christie conducts Bach’s Mass with a quartet of soloists and his own ensemble Les Arts Florissants, known for its historically informed and infectiously exciting performances of Baroque music.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/2016/50),
Programme (RAHE/1/2016/111),
Mini-Guide (RAHE/6/2016/45)
Ticket Prices£6-£58.00
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/mupmxQxmuDC-Cv
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/6/2016/45BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2016 Mini Guide15 July-10 September 2016
RAHE/1/2016/50BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2016 - One Hundred and Twenty Second Season - Proms Guide15 July-10 September 2016
RAHE/1/2016/111BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2016 - One Hundred and Twenty Second Season - Prom 631 September 2016
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work10540BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2016 - One Hundred and Twenty Second Season75
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/19347Watson; Katherine (fl 2000s-); English soprano
DS/UK/5469Mead; Tim (1981-); English countertenor
DS/UK/19348Mechelen; Reinoud Van (1987-); Belgian tenor
DS/UK/6180Morsch; Andre (fl 2000s-); German baritone
DS/UK/12609Les Arts Florissants; 1979-; French Baroque musical ensemble
DS/UK/12612Christie; William Lincoln (1944-); American-born French conductor, harpsichordist
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