Saturday 12 November 8.00pm
St John’s, Spencer Hill SW19 4NZ

The ACADEMY CHOIR and ORCHESTRA
ANDREW EDWARDS conductor
NANCY ARGENTA  soprano
MICHAEL CHANCE  alto
ALLAN CLAYTON  tenor
RODERICK WILLIAMS  bass baritone

J S BACH  Mass in B minor

We welcome back the Academy Choir and Orchestra after the success of Haydn’s ‘The Creation’ last year.

This year they are joined by a stunning quartet of international soloists in what many people think is Bach’s great work. The Mass in B minor, the last work the composer completed, evolved over a long span of his life and represents  his testament as a composer.

Nancy Argenta, one of the finest of Bach singers, is flying in from Canada to rekindle her vocal partnership with the celebrated countertenor Michael Chance, who beguiled us with his recital last year – both were soloists in John Elliot Gardiner’s acclaimed recording of this work.

Allan Clayton is one of the brightest of rising stars, winner of many awards, a BBC Young Generation Artist, a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship, and rave reviews from Glyndebourne, the Festival Hall and around the world.

Roderick Williams, who completes this remarkable quartet of soloists, is an exceptionally versatile artist whose intelligent musicality is much admired in music from Monteverdi to Maxwell Davies, and from opera, oratorio to the concert platform.

TICKETS: £28/ £23/ £18