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A disappointing Mass in B minor from the BBCSO

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“Again, Mary Bevan came to the rescue”
Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 2 February 2019
Bach, Mass in B minor, BWV232
John Butt, Director
Joanne Lunn, Soprano
Mary Bevan, Soprano
Alex Potter, Countertenor
Samuel Boden, Tenor
Edward Grint, Baritone
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