Bach and the Cosmos B Minor Mass: audio programme notes

City of London Sinfonia

These audio programme notes accompany our Bach and the Cosmos concert finale on Saturday 20 October 2018, 7.30pm at Southwark Cathedral. Concert details: bit.ly/clsbachbmmsc | Series blog: bit.ly/clsblogbach Audio programme notes: 1) 0.01-2.42: CEO Matthew Swann - The music in Bach's Mass in B Minor - Why did Bach write the B Minor Mass? 2) 2.43-7.30: Professor James Sparks - Relationships between maths and music - How was Bach a mathematical composer? - Mathematical structures and patterns in the B Minor Mass 3) 7.31-10.18: CEO Matthew Swann - Tonight's performers - Bach and the Cosmos in other settings