Immediate Past Concertt
On Sunday 27 November 2011 the choir performed
J.S. Bach's Mass in B Minor with orchestra in St Andrew's Kirk, Helensburgh (formerly the West Kirk).
Wilma MacDougall, Soprano
Colette Ruddy, Mezzo-soprano
Thomas Walker, Tenor
Brian Bannatyne-Scott, Bass
The professional chamber orchestra was led as usual, by Justine Watts.
Mark O’Keeffe, Hedley Benson and Tom Poulson played the all-important trumpet parts.
You can read more about the careers of some of these soloists on their websites, using these links:
Thomas Walker
Brian Bannatyne-Scott
Mark O’Keeffe
If you would like to listen to the Bach, numerous recorded versions are legally available (free of charge) on a website called we7.com. You do not need a player - the links below will stream the music to a PC. The only downside is that you have to join (membership is free) and put up with some adverts.
Here is a link to listen to the recording of The Mass in B Minor by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and soloists including Brigitte Fassbaender, Helen Donath and Roland Hermann conducted by Eugen Jochum : B Minor Mass