Cantata Collective With Nic McGegan and Thomas Cooley to Record Bach’s Mass in B Minor

McGegan: “I first played the B-Minor Mass nearly 50 years ago…It is a work that never fails to amaze me. The range of musical styles from fugues that could almost have been written in the Renaissance to the most up-to-date is truly astonishing.”

Cooley: “The B-Minor Mass is the compendium of what music had been up until that point…Bach’s technical skill in this piece is supported in every facet by his spirituality and ability to distill musical gestures into emotional affects which move the heart and soul of both performer and listener…The Trinity is represented in music by the tenor, flute, and continuo with profound emotion and spirituality.For me, this is what the magic of Bach is all about.”