J.S. Bach Four Lutheran Masses

The final purpose of the four Missa brevis or Lutheran Masses Bach composed between 1737 and 1748 was never known. Traditionally, they would comprise only the Kyrie and Gloria, which would be divided in five movements. People sometimes look down on them because Bach added arias and chorals from earlier cantatas, when adapting to Latin speech, but they forget that the monumental Mass in B was also a “parody”… All in all, it is an unmissable occasion to rediscover these magnificent pieces, too often forgotten.

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Choeur St-Laurent / Les Boréades

Hélène Brunet, soprano

Maude Brunet, mezzo

Jean-Philippe Lazure, ténor / tenor

Stephen Hegedus, baryton-basse /bass-baritone

Philippe Bourque, chef