03 Christe, eleison

"Christe, 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

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Music

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

[guggemuus]

@aquaria85  very interesting what you say, thanks

[pianomags]

@JSC1401 and thank goodness things have moved on considerably from how it must have been back then, when they hadn't even begun to imagine what a flushing toilet was. Shame they just don't use a 2nd sop for this 2nd sop part :/

[calvic805]

we performed this song in mt hs choir class but sounded way different...I wish I could hear it(our version) again...

[JSC1401]

A very academic performance and a conductor not used to the orchestra.

[JSC1401]

Bach would have had two boys to sing the solos !

[tzulachen]

The guy is not singing alto he is singing contra-tenor it is in between tenor and alto. In the seventeenth century they used contra-tenors to reach a pitch above tenor which (for the trained ear) a woman could not quite reach.

[aquaria85]

because he can ;) - and in bach times women were not alowed to sing in church - so it is a little bit more original.

[bboydaduke]

Why is a guy singing the alto parts?