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Sat 07 Nov
|Cheltenham Town Hall
Bach: B Minor Mass
Cheltenham Bach Choir Musical and Amicable Society David Crown musical director Hannah Davey soprano Rebecca Afonwy-Jones mezzo soprano Sebastian Hill tenor Felix Kemp baritone
Time & Location
07 Nov 2026, 19:30 – 23:30
Cheltenham Town Hall, Imperial Square, Cheltenham GL50 1QA, UK
About the Event
Johann Sebastian Bach's Mass in B minor (BWV 232) has been described as one of the supreme achievements in classical music history. Completed in 1749, just a year before his death, it has been described as a "summation" of his life's work, incorporating every musical style and technique he mastered throughout his life.
While named for its opening key, much of the work is in D major, which was used widely in the Baroque period for trumpets and triumphant celebration.
It is thought that the first complete performance of the B Minor Mass wasn't publicly performed until 1859, over a century after Bach died.
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