Verbier Festival 2025: Leonardo Garcia Alarcon conducts Bach: Mass in B Minor

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“Without Bach, I wouldn’t be a musician” — a remark by Leonardo García Alarcón that captures the depth of his engagement with the composer’s music. At the 2025 Verbier Festival, the Argentine conductor presents his considered vision of Bach’s Mass in B minor, a work he has studied extensively and returned to throughout his career. He is joined by an outstanding vocal ensemble — Ying Fang, Mariana Flores, Alice Coote, Bernard Richter and Benjamin Appl — alongside the Chœur de Chambre de Namur and the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra. Often described as a compendium of Bach’s sacred writing, the Mass in B minor brings together styles spanning decades, offering a summation of the composer’s lifelong exploration of faith, form and expression.