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Radio 3,01 Apr 2013,20 mins

Bach: Mass in B minor

Discovering Music

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Stephen Johnson looks at how Bach, a devout Lutheran, set about producing a Latin mass in the Catholic tradition at the end of his life, and unpacks some of the many musical clues to its meaning.

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    Mass in B minor BWV.232
    Mass in B minor BWV.232
    Johann Sebastian Bach
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    Dido and Aeneas - opera in 3 acts Z.626
    Dido and Aeneas - opera in 3 acts Z.626
    Henry Purcell