Sunday 25 Dec
Lucie Skeaping
Sunday 25 December 2005 13:30-17:00 (Radio 3)
Concluding the Bach season, featuring cantatas and the Christmas Oratorio, preceded by comments from Dr Rowan Williams, The Archbishop of Canterbury.
Duration:
3 hours 30 minutes
Playlist:
Cantata No 123: Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen
Franziska Gottwald (alto)
Paul Agnew (tenor)
Klaus Mertens (bass)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir
Ton Koopman (director)
A selection from the '48' by keyboard players past and present
Cantata No 124: Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht
Arleen Augér (soprano)
Helen Watts (alto)
Aldo Baldin (tenor)
Wolfgang Schöne (bass)
Gächinger Kantorei
Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
Helmuth Rilling (conductor)
Partita No 6 in Em, BWV 830
Ralph Kirkpatrick (harpsichord)
Dr Rowan Williams, The Archbishop of Canterbury talks about
Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 (Parts 4-6)
Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben; Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen; Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schnauben
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
James Bowman (counter-tenor)
Neil Mackie (tenor)
Simon Birchall (bass)
Westminster Abbey Choir
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Martin Neary (conductor)