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Episode 2

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Last broadcast on Tue, 23 Dec 2008, 19:00 on BBC Radio 3.

Synopsis

An all-Bach programme recorded at Hawksmoor's Christ Church as part of the 2008 Spitalfields Winter Festival, with John Eliot Gardiner conducting the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists.

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

Bach: Motet - Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230; Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G, BWV 1049; Cantata No 2: Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend (Christmas Oratorio)

Plus highlights from the 2008 BBC Proms:

Bach: Suite No 2 in D minor, BWV 1008
Jian Wang (cello)

Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
Simon Preston (organ).

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  1. Tue 23 Dec 2008
    19:00

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