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Seasonal Cantatas by J S Bach, conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Throughout Christmas week on Radio 3, Sir John Eliot Gardiner introduces his own recordings with the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists of Bach’s choral music for Christmas, including recordings from his Cantata Pilgrimage and parts of the Christmas Oratorio. This season follows Radio 3's Bach Christmas last year.

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More Christmas Choral music on Radio 3

Christmas Choral Classics with Aled Jones
Aled Jones presents Performance on 3:
7.30pm Monday to Friday 18-22 December.

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Bach Cantata Pilgrimage

When Sir John Eliot Gardiner first embarked on his Bach Cantata Pilgrimage in 2000, he had no real idea of what to expect.

He started out at Christmas in Weimar, and by the end of the year, at Christmas time in New York, had performed all of Bach’s Cantatas for Feast Days on the correct day of the liturgical year.

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Online videos

Our videos of Bach cantatas performed by the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists are no longer available.



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