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Last broadcast on Mon, 22 Dec 2008, 19:00 on BBC Radio 3.

Synopsis

A programme recorded at Hawksmoor's Christ Church as part of the 2008 Spitalfields Winter Festival.

John Eliot Gardiner conducts The Monteverdi Choir and The English Baroque Soloists in an all-Bach programme, featuring one of the cantatas that make up the Christmas Oratorio, as well as one of the Motets and a Brandenburg Concerto.

Bach: Motet - Komm, Jesu, Komm, BWV 229; Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat, BWV 1051; Cantata No 1: Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf preiset die Tage (Christmas Oratorio)

Evangelist ...... Nicholas Mulroy (tenor)
The Monteverdi Choir
The English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

Plus highlights from the 2008 BBC Proms:

Bach: Suite No 1 in G, BWV 1007
Jian Wang (cello)

Bach: Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 682
Simon Preston (organ).

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  1. Mon 22 Dec 2008
    19:00

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