Don’t Miss Bach’s Monumental Masterpiece on Sunday: the Mass in B Minor

As the Houston Early Music Festival comes to a close, the Bach Society Houston presents Bach’s Mass in B Minor, a monumental masterpiece, as the festival’s culminating event on Sunday evening. It is a performance you should not miss. The Bach Society Houston dedicates the performance of the mass to Robert B. Lynn, its first artistic director, who died on Tuesday.

Peter Kopp, one of the most respected early music specialists in Germany, will direct the event. The Bach Choir will perform along with the Mercury Orchestra and five outstanding vocal soloists: Meredith Ruduski, soprano; Julia Dawson, soprano; Ryland Angel, countertenor; Randall Umstead, tenor; and David Grogan, bass.

There will be a pre-concert lecture at 5:15 pm given by Rice University musicologist Dr. Gregory Barnett, a specialist in Baroque-era instrumental music, and an excellent speaker. The lecture will take place in the Founder’s Club at Zilkha Hall (3rd Floor, above Artista Restaurant). The ushers will direct you.

The Houston Chronicle has been running articles on the festival, the performances, and the artists. Here are some of their links:

Early Music Festival Finds a Home in Houston

Conductor Hopes Mass Gives New Appreciation of Bach

Opera Singer Feeds Kitchen Passion

Bach Society’s Lynn, 83, led sacred-music performances

The performance will be Sunday, February 16, 2014, at 6:00 p.m. in the Zilkha Hall in the Hobby Center, 800 Bagby, Houston, TX 77002. Click here to buy tickets online or call 713-315-2525.

Enjoy a spectacular weekend!

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