Interview
Ton Koopman in conversation with Jonathan Kelly Ton Koopman conducts Bach’s Mass in B Minor
The B minor Mass is Johann Sebastian Bach’s legacy to vocal music: a cosmos of all the forms and styles that make his sacred works so rich. There are arias of dance-like lightness as well as austere Renaissance singing, ingeniously constructed fugues and jubilant choruses. In this concert the work is performed under the baton of Ton Koopman, a conductor, organist and harpsichordist who is one of the great Bach interpreters of our time.
Berliner Philharmoniker
Ton Koopman
RIAS Kammerchor Berlin
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