BBC Radio 3 Invitation Concerts

For free tickets for these concerts, please call the BBC Radio 3 Audience Line on 08700 100300. (Calls cost no more than 8p per minute). Please do not write to the BBC or the church.
Please note that ticket issue and admission are strictly subject to availability.

Venues
8, 9, 14, 21, 22 December
St Bartholomew the Great, Cloth Fair, London EC1A 7JQ
(Nearest London Underground stations are Barbican, Farringdon and St Paul's)

16 December
St. Peter's Cathedral, Belfast

18 December
St John's, Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA
(nearest London Underground stations are Westminster and St James's Park)
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Concert times & details
Thursday 8 Dec 1-2pm
Paolo Pandolfo (viola da gamba), Christian Rieger (harpsichord)
3 Sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord BWV1027-1029
Venue: St Bartholomew the Great

Friday 9 Dec 1-2pm
London Baroque
Terence Charlston (chamber organ)
Concerto in D minor for organ and strings (after BWV 35, 156)
Trio sonata No.6 in G after Organ sonata BWV 530
Jesu, meine Freude BWV 753 (completed Charlston)
Suite no. 5 in G minor for strings BMV 1070
Venue: St Bartholomew the Great

Wednesday 14 Dec 1-2pm
Jed Wentz (flute), Job ter Haar (baroque cello), Michael Borgstede (harpsichord)
Flute Sonatas BWV 1032, 1034 & 1035
Partita for solo flute in A minor BWV1013
Venue: St Bartholomew the Great

Friday 16 December
Organ recital by Colm Carey, Belfast City Organist,performing on the new Kenneth Jones organ
8 Kleine Präludien & Fugen (BWV 553-560)
The Schübler Chorales
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (BWV 645)
Wo soll ich fliehen hin (BWV 646)
Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten (BWV 647)
Meine Seele erhebt den Herren (BWV 648)
Ach bleib uns, Herr Jesu Christ (BWV 649)
Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter auf Erden (BWV 650)
Praeludium et Fuga in G major (BWV 541)
Venue: St. Peter's Cathedral, Belfast

Wednesday 21 Dec 1-2pm
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello)
Cello Suite No.1 in G major BWV1007
Cello Suite No.4 in Eb major BWV1010
Venue: St Bartholomew the Great

Thursday 22 Dec 1-2pm
Alina Ibragimova (violin)
Sonata No.1 for solo violin in G minor BWV1001
Partita No.2 in D minor for solo violin in BWV1004
Partita No.3 in E major for solo violin BWV1006
Venue: St Bartholomew the Great

Sunday 18 December 1-2pm
Wayne Marshall (organ)
Pavlo Beznosiuk (violin)
Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor BWV582
Toccata for solo violin (after Toccata and Fugue in D minor.)
Organ Improvisations on themes provided by audience.
Venue: St John's, Smith Square

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