Bach B Minor Mass / Copenhagen Soloists

Name: Bach B Minor Mass / Copenhagen Soloists
Start: 2026-11-21T16:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-11-21T18:00:00+01:00
Location: Holmens Kirke

Sat, 21 Nov 2026 · 16:00

Holmens Kirke, Copenhagen

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Bach B Minor Mass - Copenhagen Soloists: Saturday 21 November 2026, 16:00, Holmens Kirke, Copenhagen.

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About: Copenhagen Soloists

Since 2006, Copenhagen Soloists and conductor Jonathan Ofir have brought historically informed performance to Danish concert halls, ranging from Monteverdi vespers to Bach's grandest choral works and Romantic symphonies - all played on period instruments.

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2026-05
Copenhagen Soloists performed Brahms' violin concerto with soloist Anna Markova in Dronningesalen, Den Sorte Diamant, on May 9, 2026.
2026-11
The ensemble performs Bach's B minor Mass in November 2026 in Holmens Kirke in Copenhagen and in Sct. Mariæ Kirke in Helsingør.
2025-09
Copenhagen Soloists gave concerts on September 27-28, 2025 as part of the ensemble's ongoing season program.

Tour

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Bach: Messe i h-mol BWV 232One of the ensemble's central works, performed repeatedly on historical instruments

Mozart: RequiemPerformance in 2019 received five stars from Jyllands-Posten

Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata VergineReleased on CD; a core repertoire for the ensemble

Monteverdi: L'OrfeoReleased on CD

Vivaldi: Dixit Dominus, Magnificat & GloriaReleased on CD

About: Mass in B Minor

Bach's B minor Mass spans 27 movements for soloists, choir and Baroque orchestra - a summation of a lifetime's craft that Bach himself never heard performed in full. More than 275 years on, the UNESCO-registered autograph and the work's unbroken concert life speak to its singular place in Western music.

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known recordings worldwide

UNESCO's Memory of the World register (manuscript recorded 2015)

pages in Bach's original manuscript (BWV 232)

movements in the complete work

What's new

2026-11
Copenhagen Soloists perform the B minor Mass in Holmens Church, Copenhagen and Sct. Mariæ Church, Helsingør in November 2026 as part of the ensemble's 20th anniversary.
2026-03
Trinitatis Kantori, Trinitatis Solistensemble and Trinitatis Barokorkester performed the Mass in Copenhagen and Sorø Monastery Church in March 2026.
2025-12
Netherlands Bach Society performs the B minor Mass in December 2025 under the direction of Richard Egarr.

Tour

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Tracks

Kyrie eleison IOpening movement - five-part choir, one of the most famous entrances in Baroque music

Gloria in excelsis DeoFestive choral introduction to the Gloria section

CrucifixusDeeply moving choral passage over an ostinato bass, often highlighted as a climax

Et resurrexitExplosive choral jubilation - striking contrast to Crucifixus

Dona nobis pacemConcluding choral fugue - reuses the Gratias movement and ends the work with a prayer for peace

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