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From London's Barbican Hall, Martin Handley presents a performance of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis. The composer's visionary interpretation of divine glory and sinful mankind's insignificance, forged against a background of personal turmoil and creative uncertainty, constitutes one of the greatest works of western sacred art. Christine Brewer (soprano) Ekaterina Semenchuk (mezzo) Paul Groves (tenor) Stephen Milling (bass) BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor).