Yale Schola Cantorum is one of the world’s great chamber choirs – an ensemble (in the words of BBC Music Magazine “full of young, vibrant voices, and they respond with alacrity and sensitivity”. That’s no surprise: these 32 performers have been trained by some of the world’s leading specialists in choral singing and early music. We’re delighted to welcome them to St Martin-in-the-Fields, along with the period-instrument ensemble Juilliard415, to perform Bach’s towering Mass in B minor. This is music that’s greater than any single performance: but under the Schola Cantorum’s hugely respected director David Hill, this one should have something very special to say.

Programme
Bach – Mass in B minor

Performers
Yale Schola Cantorum
Juilliard415
David Hill director

Yale Schola Cantorum is a chamber choir based at the Institute of Sacred Music at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. It performs sacred music from the sixteenth century to the present day, in concert settings and choral services around the world. The choir has a special interest in historically informed performance practice, often in collaboration with instrumentalists from Julliard415. Their Principal Conductor is David Hill, and their Principal Guest Conductor is Masaaki Suzuki.