Solomon's Knot tackles the Mass in B minor

By Nahoko Gotoh, 12 December 2016

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Reviewed at Shoreditch Town Hall, London on 11 December 2016

Bach, Mass in B minor, BWV232

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Nahoko Gotoh

Nahoko is a UK-based Japanese music journalist with a background in musicology. She writes regularly for various Japanese media including Ongaku no tomo and Mostly Classic magazines.

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