Synopsis

Tonight's Bach Prom, broadcast live from London's Royal Albert Hall, falls on the 250th anniversary of the composer’s death. Roger Norrington leads the Choir of the Enlightenment and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in a performance of J.S. Bach's Mass in B minor. The program will also feature the motet *Lieber Herr Gott*, a work by Bach’s son Johann Christoph Bach, which is believed to have been performed at his father’s funeral.