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Bach Collegium , hailed in BBC Music Magazine as “Kings from the East,” comprises a and

/ Masaaki Suzuki / Masaaki choir widely recognized among the world’s leading interpreters of J.S. Bach and his contemporaries. Founded in 1990 by Music Director Masaaki Suzuki, introduced Japanese audiences to period instrument performances, toured the world, and made several acclaimed BIS recordings. Bach Collegium Japan debuted in North America in April 2003 performing the St. Matthew and St. John Passions of J. S. Bach across the United States in New York at Carnegie Hall, and in Los Angeles, Berkeley, Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids and Boston. Recent international tours include concerts in Europe’s major music centers – Madrid, Amsterdam (Concertgebouw), London (Barbican), Rome, Paris, Berlin and Brussels – and at leading festivals in Hong Kong, Edinburgh, Santiago de Compostela, Tel Aviv, , , and Melbourne as well as at the BBC Proms. In 2021, the BCJ makes its 8th tour of North America with returns to Lincoln Center, University Musical Society, , and the Philharmonic Society of Orange County projected, among others.

AVAILABILITY: January 22 - February 1, 2021 (additional dates on consult)

PROGRAM J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major (with the great “Air” in G) J.S. Bach: in C Major, BWV 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat un Leben" (including the chorale “Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring") -intermission- Mozart: Great Mass in C Minor

WHAT THE CRITICS SAY “The performances are, to my ears, of unmatched excellence.” - Gramophone Magazine

“Musicianship is, to be sure, Mr. Suzuki’s greatest strength…a subtle ear for color, a keen sense of

harmonic direction, and an ability to make phrases breathe and rhythms live.” - The New York Times

“I have never heard period instruments played with such purity of tone, so reliably in tune. The small, precise, dramatically alert chorus breathed fire but also revealed a heartbreaking tenderness.”

Bach Collegium Japan Collegium Bach - The Los Angeles Times Masaaki Suzuki's meticulous attention to detail, so rewarding in his remarkable approach to his Bach recordings, shines throughout this [Mozart c minor] disc, the playing alert, the choir responsive, the soloists thrilling." --The Observer

"...equal measures of grandeur, exuberance and other-worldliness..." -- The Limelight(Australia)

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