Sweelinck Barokorkest (photo Annelies van der Vegt)

Hohe Messe

CvA Chamber Choir + Sweelinck Baroque Orchestra

Sun 8 Feb 2026 14:15 - 16:35

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Sun 8 Feb 2026

14:15 - 16:35

Sun 8 Feb 2026

14:15 - 16:35

Interval 15:15

Grote Zaal

Past event

Program

Johann Sebastian Bach Mis in B minor ‘Hohe Messe’

Credits

CvA Chamber Choir
Sweelinck Baroque Orchestra
Students and soloists Early Music, Classical Solo Singing and Choral Conducting
Maria van Nieukerken conductor

The magnum opus of Bach’s oeuvre

The Sweelinck Baroque Orchestra consists of students of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam who specialize in authentic performance practice. Together with vocal students and soloists from, among others, the Early Music department, they will perform the Mass in B minor, nicknamed ‘Hohe Messe’, the magnum opus that Johann Sebastian Bach wrote at the end of his life.

A multitude of styles are featured in this work: intimate arias and duets, majestic choral passages, beautiful instrumental solos and complex fugues alternate. Bach generously drew upon his earlier masterpieces, weaving them together into a compilation of highlights. With that, this final work from his career stands as a sublime final chord.

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