Netherlands Bach Society | Bach - Agnus Dei from Mass in B minor BWV 232 | Netherlands Bach Society @bach | Uploaded 6 months ago | Updated 8 hours ago
The moving alto aria Agnus Dei – recorded here for All of Bach with conductor Jos van Veldhoven and alto David Erler – forms the first part of the finale of Bach’s all-embracing masterpiece, the Mass in B minor (‘Hohe Messe’). The violins play the same plaintive part, unisono, thus underlining the pleading call of the alto: Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.

For the complete Mass in B minor BWV 232 go to: youtu.be/3FLbiDrn8IE

Recorded for the project All of Bach on December 15th 2016 at the Grote Kerk, Naarden. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/2vhCeFB or consider donating http://bit.ly/2uZuMj5.

For the interview with musicians from the Netherlands Bach Society on the Mass in B minor go to youtube.com/watch?v=QU9596vrep8
For more information on BWV 232 and this production go to http://allofbach.com/en/bwv/bwv-232

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Netherlands Bach Society
Jos van Veldhoven, conductor
David Erler, alto