02 Kyrie, eleison

"Kyrie, eleison," from the 2000 performance of the Mass in B minor (BWV 232) for the conclusion of Bachfest 2000, in honor of the 250th anniversary of the composer's death.

From the St. Thomas Church, Leipzig, Germany
Thomaskantor Georg Christoph Biller (the 16th since Bach)
The Thomanerchor
The Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

Soli Deo Gloria!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• bach
• classical
• mass
• minor
• johann
• sebastian
• biller
• thomaskirche

[wcbroccoli]

Perfect tempo.

[recorderson]

Wonderful! One of the best compositions of all times; and a beatitul perfomance too ! Bravi! 5 stars

[TurbojugendJoe]

Heavenly

[Agliheri]

in the middle of the picture of 0:06, the place flowers are around, seems like the tomb of great Bach.

[maricristinacastel]

como me inspira verlos cantar, de tan solo imaginármelos ensayando, y buscando sus partituras, con una disciplina admirable, realmente me inspiran. Me pregunto, qué estarán haciendo ahora éstos chicos? 11 años después! what inspires me to see them singing, I just imagine them in rehearsing, and looking for his scores, with admirable discipline, all of that really inspire me. I wonder what these guys are doing now? 11 years later!

[tomasoniemiliano]

i can't find a more pathetic and awesome piece of music! it's suffering and at the same time it's so erotic, almost banned, it challenges God's listening... Good interpretation, very crystalline, maybe a bit fast, but very precise. LoL

[vbminsk]

Good performance. But a bit too fast, indeed. And most other performances of this piece are kinda more reserved - Bach is not all expressive romanticist, he's more subtle.

[DeHeld8]

Yes indeed, Bach was a baroque music composer. He was one of the last composers of that musical perod. As such, he was often considered old-fashioned by his contemporaries.

However now a days he is seen as the man who brought the baroque in music to it's full maturity. And is seen by many to be the greatest musical genious ever to live.

[tenscore]

you'll have to excuse me... my father uses this account as well, and he admits this is bach. I personally don't know anything about the baroque era. Is that correct? did bach work during the baroque period?

[DeHeld8]

Mozart? LoL...

Who is the poor fool here? XD

[HEADBANGING69]

This is such a long work but becuase it is Bach it is worth listening to every note of it!

[HEADBANGING69]

Whooaa! That was like the best version of this I have ever heard! Sounds like angels singing to god!