Bach: Mass in B minor | Thomanerchor and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

One of the greatest musical works of all time: The Thomanerchor Leipzig and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig perform J.S. Bach’s Mass in B minor (BWV 232) in the Church of St. Thomas on July 28, 2000. The stunning backdrop to the performance is particularly fitting since Bach was music director of the church (Kapellmeister) from 1723 until his death in 1750. (00:00) Hymn to Pentecost - Spriritus sancti gratia (02:30) Kyrie eleison (choir) (12:04) Christe eleison (duet) (17:13) Kyrie eleison (choir) (20:26) Gloria in excelsis Deo (choir) (22:23) Et in terra pax (choir) (26:52) Laudamus te (aria) (31:01) Gratias agimus tibi (choir) (33:53) Domine Deus (duet) (39:40) Qui tollis peccata mundi (choir) (42:22) Qui sedes ad dextram Patris (aria) (47:08) Quoniam tu solus sanctus (aria) (52:06) Cum Sancto Spiritu (choir) (56:12) Credo in unum Deum (choir) (58:30) Patrem omnipotentem (choir) (01:00:30) Et in enum Dominim (duet) (01:05:28) Et incarnatus est (choir) (01:08:16) Crucifixus (choir) (01:10:51) Et resurrecit (choir) (01:15:03) Et in Spiritum Sanctum (aria) (01:20:02) Confiteor (choir) (01:23:32) Et expecto (choir) (01:26:10) Prayer to Pentecost - Dominus vobiscum (01:28:49) Sanctus (choir) (01:31:36) Pleni sunt caeli (choir) (01:33:41) Osanna in exelsis (choir) (01:36:15) Benedictus (aria) (01:40:33) Osanna in excelsis (choir) (01:43:20) Agnus Dei (aria) (01:48:04) Dona nobis pacem (choir) (01:51:05) Credits Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) did not originally intend the posthumously named Great Catholic Mass (also known as: Mass in B minor or High Mass in B minor) as a complete mass. Bach, a Lutheran himself, composed four “short” masses (in F major, A major, G minor, and G major; BWV 233-236), which consisted of only Kyrie and Gloria - the standard in Lutheran liturgy at the time. For his Mass in B minor he reworked an additional shorter mass, ‘Missa of 1733 ’(BWV 232 I), which he had originally composed after the death of August the Strong, but which is believed to have never been performed.