A Bach Christmas

Saturday 24 Dec

Petroc Trelawny

Saturday 24 December 2005 19:00-22:00 (Radio 3)

Sir Roger Norrington talks to Petroc Trelawny about Bach's magnificent last choral work, the Mass in Bm, and introduces the performance of the work he directed at the Proms in July, 2000, commemorating the 250th anniversary of Bach's death.

The Bm Mass - a cornerstone of Western music - gloriously displays what one of Bach's sons called his 'most skilled artistry'. 'How strange, how new, how expressive, how beautiful.'

Duration:

3 hours

Playlist:

Mass in Bm, BWV 232
Dominique Labelle (soprano)
Annette Markert (mezzo-soprano)
David Daniels (counter-tenor)
Mark Padmore (tenor)
Alastair Miles (bass)
Choir and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Sir Roger Norrington (conductor)

Partita No 4 in D, BWV 828
Lars-Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord)

A Bach Christmas

Episode and Playlist Information

• Saturday 24 Dec
  • 00:00 Louise Fryer
  • 07:00 Martin Handley
  • 09:00 Andrew McGregor
  • 12:00 D Macleod & J E Gardiner
  • 13:30 Lucie Skeaping
  • 17:00 Sean Rafferty
  • 19:00 Petroc Trelawny
  • 22:00 Sarah Walker

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