PROGRAM
J. S. BACH Mass in B-Minor
ARTISTS
ABOUT THIS CONCERT
Bach spent his final years composing and compiling a lifetime’s worth of music into this single work; it’s a kind of greatest-hits mass. Today, we regard it as what Robert Shaw called “the most remarkable musical allegory of human existence.”
RUN TIME: 135 minutes
INTERMISSION: Yes, 20 minutes
LISTEN UP! PRE-CONCERT TALK:
1 pm on May 8; 6 pm on May 9
Featuring Alan Chapman and Grant Gershon
ON FULL, CLASSIC, AND MATINEE SERIES