Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232
Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
Apollo’s Fire | Apollo’s Singers
Rebecca Myers, soprano
Aryssa Leigh Burrs, mezzo-soprano
Emily Marvosh, contralto | Jacob Perry, tenor
Edward Vogel, baritone | Paul Max Tipton, bass-baritone
23rd October 2026
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Summary:
“Easily one of the most memorable concerts of recent years… the 20-member vocal ensemble was inspired throughout the performance. The instrumental consort was in brilliant form, playing with unimpeachable balance and intonation…and a sensitivity to the dancelike elements of the mass. Presiding over it all was Jeannette Sorrell, who with understated grace led her charges on a moving traversal of Bach’s unsurpassed canvas”
Chicago Classical Review, 12 April 2025 (‘Best 10 Concerts of 2025’)
GRAMMY® Award winners Apollo’s Fire and founder / director Jeannette Sorrell present a fresh, intimate, and intense interpretation of J. S. Bach’s Mass in B Minor that draws the listener into an exceptionally emotional journey.
Jeannette Sorrell, the pioneering founder and director of baroque orchestra Apollo’s Fire, always has unique vision for her interpretations of the classic repertoire. And so it is with this recording of J. S. Bach’s Mass in B Minor that draws the listener into an equally fresh, intimate and searing emotional journey – from the anguished opening outcry through to moments of joy, pathos, triumph, and ultimately, a vision of peace. Jeannette explains, “While music is always an emotional journey, I feel that Bach’s Mass is an exceptionally cathartic and healing one for our time”. Aiming to emulate the intimacy of Bach’s own performances of the B Minor Mass, which the composer completed in the year prior to his death, Jeannette utilises twenty-four instrumentalists and twenty-two choristers, including the five soloists.
As summed up by Chicago Classical Review, which named Sorrell’s and Apollo’s Fire’s live performance one of the Best 10 Concerts of 2025, “Easily one of the most memorable concerts of recent years … the vocal ensemble was inspired throughout … The instrumental consort was in brilliant form, playing with unimpeachable balance and intonation … and a sensitivity to the dancelike elements of the mass. Presiding over it all was Jeannette Sorrell, who with understated grace led her charges on a moving traversal of Bach’s unsurpassed canvas”.
Tracklist:
Mass in B Minor, BWV 232
I. Missa (Kyrie & Gloria)
1. I. Kyrie eleison
2. II. Christie eleison
3. III. Kyrie eleison II
4. IV. Gloria in excelsis Deo | V. Et in terra pax
5. VI. Laudamus te
6. VII. Gratias agimus tibi
7. VIII. Domine Deus | IX. Qui tollis peccata mundi
8. X. Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris
9. XI. Quoniam tu solus sanctus | XII. Cum Sancto Spiritu
II. Symbolum Nicenum (Credo)
1. XIII. Credo in unum Deum | XIV. Patrem omnipotentem
2. XV. Et in unum Dominum
3. XVI. Et incarnatus est
4. XVII. Crucifixus
5. XVIII. Et resurrexit
6. XIX. Et in Spiritum Sanctum
7. XX. Confiteor | XXI. Et expecto
III Sanctus
8. XXII. Pleni sunt coeli
IV. Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei et Dona nobis pacem
9. XXIII. Osanna
10. XXIV. Benedictus
11. XXV. Osanna
12. XXVI. Agnus Dei
13. XXVII. Dona nobis pacem
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