The music of Bach accompanying our life makes an enormous contribution when you are in critical moment. BCJ has faced such occasions and encouraged people through Bach each time. It was the Mass in B minor by BCJ that brought down the house in NY soon after the aftermath of 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, and it was also their St. John Passion that encouraged families at the ochanoma (=living room) all over the world by the streaming of their filmed performance behind closed doors of Kölner Philharmonie when they were forced to cancel the rest of scheduled concerts by the outbreak of new coronavirus. BCJ with Bach has always left something in people’s mind. They know what to be achieved by the music of Bach. The reason why BCJ is highly acclaimed in Europe and America seems to be their genuine attitude to Bach’s works in addition to their skilled performance.
This Box set is furnished with the music as daily food for the mind. And BCJ stands out as the most appropriate performer of it with high probability.
LIVE INFORMATION
Bach Collegium Japan
139th Subscription Concert “Mass in B minor”
September 20, 2020 at Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall
[Program] J. S. Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232
140th Subscription Concert
The Fifth Symphony and the Mass in C major: In celebration of Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th Birthday
November 28, 2020 at Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall
[Program] Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 / Mass in C major, Op. 86
138th Subscription Concert
December 16, 2020 at Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall (Rescheduled from May 24 2020)
[Program] J. S. Bach: Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV542 / Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV78 / Magnificato in E-flat major, BWV243a (Early Version)
141st Subscription Concert
J. S. Bach: St. John Passion, BWV245
February 19, 2021 at Suntory Hall Main Hall
[Program] J. S. Bach: St. John Passion, BWV245
