In the first of two appearances at this year's Festival la Chaise Dieu, Dunedin Consort perform's Bach’s John Passion — or his ‘little Passion’, as Schumann famously called it. It was Bach’s first Passion, and although more slender than the Matthew that would follow three years later, it remains his first piece of grand storytelling. […]
In the second of two appearances at this year's Festival La Chaise Dieu, Dunedin Consort performs Bach's glorious Magnificat and his double-chorus motet, Singet dem Herrn.
Bach’s Mass in B Minor is undoubtedly his most spectacular choral work. Its combination of sizzling choruses and solo numbers covering the gamut of late-Baroque vocal expression render it one of the most joyous musical experiences in the western tradition. J.S. Bach Mass in B minor, BWV 232 John Butt director & harpsichord Rowan Pierce […]
