The Saint Peter’s Bach Collegium Period Orchestra and the Saint Peter’s Choir presents Mass in G Major, BWV 236 in a liturgical setting.

Soloists:
Addy Sterrett, soprano
Ruston Ropac, alto
Kannan Vaseduvan, tenor
Harrison Hintzsche, bass

Bálint Karosi, conductor

By Bach's time, the Reformation had fundamentally altered the traditional forms of church service, and in German churches Latin had yielded to the country's own language. To a limited extent, however, the Latin mass text did remain in use in the Protestant church – in particular the Kyrie and Gloria sections, which were often set to music as an entity in their own right. Albeit incomplete, this form of mass setting was termed ‘Missa,' a name it retained even in Bach’s day. Nowadays, to differentiate them from complete settings, these pieces are often referred to as 'Lutheran Masses.' Bach's famous Mass in B minor, later expanded into a complete mass, began its existence as a work of this type, and four other examples from Bach's pen have survived. They all make extensive use of earlier compositions, and the Mass in G major consists entirely of so-called parodies: reworkings of arias and choruses from cantatas, in which Bach demonstrates his skill in adapting existing music for new uses.