J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor "Agnus Dei" - Andreas Scholl

J.S. Bach:
Mass in B minor, BWV 232 "Agnus Dei"

In this video:

Andreas Scholl, countertenor
Collegium Vocale Gent,
Conducted by Philippe Herreweghe

Harmonia Mundi

In part from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

"The Mass in B Minor is a musical setting of the Latin Mass. Although parts of the Mass in B Minor date to 1724, the whole was assembled in its present form in 1749, just before the composer's death in 1750.
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Due to its length--over two hours of music--it was never performed as part of a church liturgy. The first performance seems to have been after Bach's death, when his son Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach performed the Gloria section (but not the entire Mass) in Berlin. Large-scale performances of the entire Mass in B Minor were not staged until the 19th century."


Latin Text:

Agnus dei
qui tollis peccata mundi
miserere nobis.


Translation:

Lamb of God,
who takes away the sins of the world,
have mercy upon us.

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[Alex Poyneer]

The title of the video is "Mass in b minor" but the score that's scrolling is definitely written in g minor. Something funny's going on here.

[civileso]

The title of the video is not "Mass in B minor". I don't have the whole mass here. The title says: 'J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor "Agnus Dei" - Andreas Scholl' which means I only posted Agnus Dei from it.

Agnus Dei is only one of the dozens of movements of this mass. Naturally they are not all composed in the same key.

[Etherouge]

Listening to my daily dose.

[Maestro_T]

Because most people are swine.

[mistaSIRA]

Gangnam Style = 1.5 billion...??

Bach's Mass in B minor = 1 mil..

Why?

[Yasko Fujii Véliz]

Me Sorprende que sea un contratenor, no se muy bien el por que.... pero es increíble!!! en serio que pense que era una contralto, para mi esa es la voz ideal para una contralto, me encanta su voz :)

[Kosmo Polit]

Andreas, magari katsi khar!!! Gmadlob!(georgisch)

[Yizuz S. Ortiz]

Cordero de Dios que quitas el pecado del mundo, ten piedad de nosotros.

[BodhiLulu]

Really, he is the asshole. I don't think so.

[rationalistx]

Bach war dumm an Gott zu glauben.

Zehn seiner Kinder starben jung.

War das Leben billig zu ihm ?

[Santiago Suarez]

la contralto, es el contralto, es un contratenor :)

[civileso]

LOL, me? Because I replied? Maybe you have a better explanation in a non-asshole-ish way as to why the score is in G minor. Take a look at all comments to see how many times I explained why. Nevertheless, I am glad you liked the video.

[MegaMrMuscleman]

You sound like an asshole! Loved the vid though keep up the good work! ;)