Mass in B Minor
Four performances of Bach’s masterpiece
J.S. Bach
Tuuli Lindeberg, soprano
Essi Luttinen (Loimaa) / Erica Back (Hämeenlinna, Turku, Salo), alto
Niilo Erkkilä, tenor
Tomi Punkeri, bass
Key Ensemble
Finnish Baroque Orchestra
Hämeenlinna Centre for Dance and Movement Catchy Beat (Hämeenlinna), Adult Education Centre (Salo)
Jutta Seppinen, conductor
Johann Sebastian Bach’s (1685–1750) Mass in B minor – the grand masterpiece of his later career – is being performed in four places by Key Ensemble and the Finnish Baroque Orchestra in collaboration.
The mass is often considered to be Bach’s musical last will and testament. It contains themes from Bach’s earlier works since it wasn’t composed in one piece. The first parts, Kyrie and Gloria, were finished in 1724 and 1731, and the rest of the music during the following twenty years. The Mass in B minor was finished during Bach’s last year of life, in 1749.
The Mass in B minor is different from the passions that Bach composed as sacred music. The work follows the mass of the catholic church and the text is in Latin, which wasn’t used officially in the Lutheran church during the 18th century. Because of this, the work wasn’t performed as a whole for a long time. The first complete performance that we know of was only in 1859 in Leipzig, 110 years after the work had been completed.
Duration: 2 h 30 min (incl. intermission)
LOIMAA
Tickets 25/15* €: keyensemble.fi
* discount groups
HÄMEENLINNA
Tickets 25/15* €: keyensemble.fi
* discount groups
TURKU
Tickets 50 € (places in the front part), 30 € (other places), 15 € (students and children under 18 years): keyensemble.fi and closer to the concert the Cathedral's info
SALO
Tickets 25/15* €: keyensemble.fi
* discount groups