Sir Roger Norrington talks to Petroc Trelawny about Bach’s magnificent last choral work, the Mass in Bm, and introduces the performance of the work he directed at the Proms in July, 2000, commemorating the 250th anniversary of Bach’s death.  The Bm Mass – a cornerstone of Western music – gloriously displays what one of Bach’s sons called his ‘most skilled artistry’. ‘How strange, how new, how expressive, how beautiful.’

Mass in Bm, BWV 232
Dominique Labelle (soprano)
Annette Markert (mezzo-soprano)
David Daniels (counter-tenor)
Mark Padmore (tenor)
Alastair Miles (bass)
Choir and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Sir Roger Norrington (conductor)

BBC – Radio 3 – A Bach Christmas – Petroc Trelawny.