Mr. Gilbert will claim that mantle next season, including a performance of the Mass in B minor.
As a performance of the Mass, it sounds pleasant but newfangled; as a companion piece for the O'Regan, it works beautifully.
The Bach Choir last appeared at Carnegie Hall on Dec. 8, 1975, with the Philadelphia Orchestra in a performance of the Mass commemorating Albert Schweitzer's 100th birthday.
He then recounts certain "absolutely sickening" events that transpired at a preview performance of "Mass" the previous evening: Bernstein's tearful response to the ovation, his embraces of members of the cast, the kisses he bestowed on the men.
This group's entry in the annual round of presentations of Handel's "Messiah" in New York in December was far from encouraging for its prospects here, in a performance of Bach's Mass in B minor, with Martin Josman conducting.
The Philharmonic is not the only place to enjoy music by Stravinsky this week; Kent Tritle's "Sacred Music in a Sacred Space" series, at the Church of St . Ignatius Loyola offers a performance of the luminescent Mass, from 1948.
He tried to interest his friends and acquaintances in Thelema, taking science fiction writers Jack Williamson and Cleve Cartmill to a performance of The Gnostic Mass.
In Zadie Smith's "On Beauty" (2005), the family at the center of the novel attends a performance of Mozart's Requiem Mass held on the Boston Common, a direct homage to the famous Beethoven scene in "Howards End".
(Tommasini) Midwinter Festival: Refracted Bach (Saturday) The Dessoff Choirs, conducted by Christopher Shepard and joined by the period-instrument Arcadia Players, concludes its Midwinter Festival: Refracted Bach with a performance of Bach's monumental Mass in B minor.
It continued with a performance of Janacek's Glagolitic Mass, with pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, who - at 19 - becoming the youngest soloist to perform at an opening Prom.
