07:00
Martin Handley
Continuing Radio 3's Bach Christmas season.
From 7.00am
Prelude & Fugue in A, BWV 536
Simon Preston (Marcusson Organ, Tonbridge School Chapel, Tonbridge)
Cantata No 163: Nur jedem das Seine
Tobias Eiwanger (soprano)
Panito Iconomou (alto)
Kurt Equiluz (tenor)
Robert Holl (bass)
Tölz Boys' Choir
Concentus Musicus Vienna
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (director)
Keyboard concerto in B flat, BWV 982
Michelle Barchi (harpsichord)
From 8.00am
Cantata No 165: O heilges Geist und Wasserbad
Aki Yanagisawa (soprano)
Akira Tachikawa (alto)
Makoto Sakurada (tenor)
Stephan Schreckenberger (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (director)
Keyboard Concerto in C (after Vivaldi), BWV 594
Marie-Claire Alain (Christian Müller Organ, Jakobijnerkerk, Leewarden, Netherlands)
Trio: Nun komm der heiden Heiland, BWV 660a
The Amsterdam Baroque Choir
Ton Koopman (Christian Müller Organ; Grote Kerk, Leeuwarden)
09:00
Rob Cowan
A look ahead to the Toccata and Fugue celebration later in the day.
Toccata & Fugue in Dm, BWV 565
Leopold Stokowski Symphony Orchestra
Cantata No 57: Selig ist der Mann
Elly Ameling (soprano)
Hermann Prey (bass)
Choir of the German Bach Solists
Westfälische Kantorei Herford
Deutsche Bachsolisten
Helmut Winschermann (conductor)
Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat, BWV 1051
Musica Antiqua Köln,
Reinhard Goebel (director)
The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 - Contrapunctus 6
Herbert Tachezi (organ)
Cantata No 4: Christ lag in Todesbanden
Agnes Giebel (soprano)
Marga Höffgen (alto)
Hans-Joachim Rotzsch (tenor)
Thomanerchor Leipzig
Gewandhaus Orchestra
Kurt Thomas (conductor)
Sonata No 2 in Am, BWV 1003
Jascha Heifetz (violin)
Cantata No 82: Ich habe genug
John Shirley-Quirk (bass)
Rachel Lord (oboe)
George Malcolm (harpsichord)
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields
Sir Neville Marriner
Toccata, Adagio & Fugue, BWV 564
Helmut Walcha (organ)
Cantata No 106: Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, (Actus Tragicus)
Hertha Töpper (contralto)
Ernst Haefliger (tenor)
Theo Adam (bass)
Munich Bach Choir and Orchestra
Karl Richter (conductor)
Ertöt uns durch dein Güte, from Cantata No 22 (arr Harriet Cohen)
Hubert Harry (piano)
12:00
Donald Macleod and John Eliot Gardiner
Donald Macleod and John Eliot Gardiner continue their survey of Bach's sacred cantatas with works for the first Sunday after Trinity, including some of his most intensely dramatic expressions of the Lutheran faith.
Cantata No 75: Die Elenden sollen essen
Ruth Ziesak (soprano)
Elisabeth von Magnus (alto)
Paul Agnew (tenor)
Klaus Mertens (bass)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir
Ton Koopman (director)
Cantata No. 20: O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort
Wilke te Brummelstroete (alto)
Paul Agnew (tenor)
Dietrich Henschel (bass)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (director)
Cantata No 39: Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot
Agnes Mellon (soprano)
Charels Brett (alto)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Collegium Vocale Ghent
Philippe Herreweghe (director)
13:30
Lucie Skeaping
Featuring the Toccata and Fugue Celebration and St John Passion, from St John's Smith Square.
The Toccata and Fugue in Dm, BWV 565, is an iconic work, and yet there is much controversy about almost every aspect of the piece - including which instrument it was originally written for and who actually wrote it.
At 2.10pm, St John Passion, BWV 245, which Bach composed early in 1723 intending it for the Good Friday service at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig. Mark Padmore introduces this performance, in which he sings the demanding role of the Evangelist.
Toccata and Fugue in Dm for organ, BWV 565
Toccata in Am for solo violin
Passacaglia and Fugue in Cm for organ, BWV 582
Wayne Marshall (organ)
Pavlo Beznosiuk (violin)
St John Passion, BWV 245
Evangelist ...... Mark Padmore
Christus ...... Paul Whelan
Gillian Keith (soprano)
James Bowman (alto)
Finnur Bjarnason (tenor)
Andrew Foster-Williams (baritone)
Polyphony, Academy of Ancient Music
Stephen Layton (conductor)
17:00
Sean Rafferty
Sean is joined by Trevor Pinnock who plays harpsichord in two of the featured works.
French Suite No 5 in G, BWV 816
Partita No 2 in Cm, BWV 826
Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)
Cantata No 173: Erhohtes Fleisch und Blut
Lisa Larsson (soprano)
Elisabeth von Magnus (alto)
Gerd Turk (tenor)
Klaus Mertens (bass)
Amsterdam Baroque Choir and Orchestra
Ton Koopman (director)
Cantata No 175: Er rufet seinen Schafen mit Namen
Andreas Scholl (alto)
Christoph Prégardien (tenor)
Gotthold Schwarz (bass)
Ensemble Baroque de Limoges
Christophe Coin (director)
19:00
Petroc Trelawny
Masaaki Suzuki introduces performances given by his Bach Collegium of Japan at the Bach Festival in Seoul, South Korea earlier this year.
Cantata No 140: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
Cantata No 80: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott
Cantata No 56: Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen
Cantata No 147: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben
Yukari Nonoshita (soprano)
Sumihito Uesugi (alto)
Johannes Klüser (tenor)
Locky Chung (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (conductor)
Preludes, BWV 939-943
Angela Hewitt (piano)
Chaconne (from Partita No 2 in Dm, BWV 1004), arr Helga Thoene
The Hilliard Ensemble
Christoph Poppen (violin)
English Suite No 6, BWV 811
Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord)
22:00
Sarah Walker
Featuring Cantata Nos 42 and 43, an Organ Trio and a specially recorded concert of Sonatas.
Cantata No 43: Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen
Barbara Schlick (soprano)
Catherine Patriasz (alto)
Christoph Prégardien (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Collegium Vocale
Philippe Herreweghe (director)
Organ Trio in G, BWV 1027a
Marie-Claire Alain (organ)
Plus a specially-recorded concert from The Priory Church of Saint Bartholomew the Great, London
Sonatas BWV 1027 in G, BWV 1028 in D and BWV 1029 in Gm
Toccata in F sharp m, BWV 910, for solo harpsichord
Paolo Pandolfo (viola da gamba)
Christian Rieger (harpsichord)
Cantata No 42: Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats
Ruth Holton (soprano)
Sytse Buwalda (alto)
Knut Schoch (tenor)
Bas Ramselaar (bass)
Holland Boys' Choir
Netherlands Bach Collegium
Pieter Jan Leusink (conductor)
00:00
Louise Fryer
Monday 19 Dec
Louise Fryer
Including more cantatas from Bach's first Leipzig cycle.
12.00am
Cello Suite No 5 in Cm, BWV 1011
Ralph Kirschbaum (cello)
12.28am
Cantata No 109: Ich glaube, lieber Herr
Bogna Bartosz (alto)
Jorg Dürmüller (tenor)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and choir
Ton Koopman (director)
12.50am
Fantasia and fugue in Cm, BWV 537
Daniel Chorzempa (historic organ by several builders in the Bovenkirk, Kampen, Holland)
1.01am
Gustav Leonhardt remembers the start of the first complete recorded Cantatas cycle
1.02am
Cantata No 89: Was soll ich aus dir machen, Ephraim
Marcus Klein (soprano)
Paul Esswood (alto)
Max von Egmond (bass)
Hannover Boys' choir
Collegium Vocale Ghent
Leonhardt Consort
Gustav Leonhardt (director)
1.14am
Davitt Moroney introduces his recording of Allemande, BWV 819, Suite in E flat, BWV 819a
Davitt Moroney (harpsichord)
1.36am
Cantata No 60: Ewigkeit du Donnerwort
Robin Blaze (alto)
Gerd Türk (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (conductor)
1.51am
Concerto in F m, BWV 1056
Angela Hewitt (piano)
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Richard Tognetti (director/violin)
2.02am
Chorale: Jesu nun sei gepreiset, BWV 362
Nordic Chamber Choir, ensemble
Nicol Matt
2.04am
Cantata No 190: Singet dem Herrn
Helen Watts (alto)
Kurt Equiluz (tenor)
Niklaus Tuller (bass)
Gächinger Kantorei
Bach Collegium Stuttgart
Wurttemburg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn
Helmuth Rilling (conductor)
2.23am
Toccata in Gm, BWV 915
Angela Hewitt (piano)
2.32am
Chorale Prelude: Ach Gott und Herr, BWV 714
Peter Hurford (Ronald Sharp organ in Knox Grammar School Chapel, Sydney)
2.34am
Cantata No 153: Schau, lieber Gott
Paul Esswood (alto)
Wynford Evans (tenor)
John Noble(bass)
London Bach Society Chorus and Baroque Orchestra
Paul Steinitz (conductor)
2.51am
Concerto in Gm, BWV 1058
Murray Perahia (piano)
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields
3.05am
Chorale prelude: O Lamm Gottes unschuldig, BWV 618
Anton Heiler (Metzler organ in Netzal, Switzerland)
3.09am
Chorale prelude: O Lamm Gottes unschuldig, BWV 656
Christopher Herrick (Metzler organ of Jesuit Church, Lucerne)
3.17am
Prelude & fugue in Em, BWV 900; Prelude & fugue in F, BWV 901; Prelude & fugue in G, BWV 902a
Robert Hill (lute/harpsichord)
3.26am
Chorale: O Lamm Gottes unschuldig, BWV 401
Nordic Chamber Choir, ensemble
Nicol Matt
3.27am
Chorale prelude: O Lamm Gottes unschuldig, BWV 1085
Ton Kopman (Hans Heinrich Bader organ of St Walburg's church, Zutphen)
3.23am
Chorale prelude: O Lamm Gottes unschuldig, BWV 1095
Peter Hurford (Reil brothers organ of Augustinerkirche, Vienna)
3.32am
Chorale: Von Gott will ich nicht lassen, BWV 417
Berlin Radio Choir, ensemble
Robin Gritton
3.34am
Chorale Prelude: Von Gott will ich nicht lassen, BWV 658
Marie Claire Alain (Marcussen organ of St Nicholas' church Kolding, Denmark)
3.38am
Cantata No 73: Herr, wie du willt
Barbara Schlick (soprano)
Catherine Patriasz (alto)
Christoph Prégardien (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Collegium Vocale Ghent
Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)
3.52am
Prelude and fughetta in G, BWV 902
Andreas Staier (harpsichord)
4.02am
Prelude and fugue in G, BWV 884 (Well Tempered Clavier Bk 2)
Robert Levin (harpsichord)
4.06am
Cantata No 83: Erfreute Zeit im neuen Bunde
Robin Tyson (alto)
Paul Agnew (tenor)
Peter Harvey (bass)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
4.24am
Chorale prelude: Allein Gott in der Höhe, BWV 662
Marie Claire Alain (Marcussen organ of St Nicholas' church Kolding, Denmark)
4.32am
Chorale: Allein Gott in der Höhe, BWV 260
Berlin Radio Choir, ensemble
Robin Gritton
4.33am
Chorale prelude: Allein Gott in der Höhe, BWV 663
Marie Claire Alain (Marcussen organ of St Nicholas' church Kolding, Denmark)
4.40am
Cantata No 104: Du Hirte Israel, höre
Peter Schreier (tenor)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bass)
Munich Bach Choir and orchestra
Karl Richter (conductor)
5.00am
Trio on Allein Gott in der Höhe, BWV 664
Marie Claire Alain (Marcussen organ of St Nicholas' church Kolding, Denmark)
5.05am
Andrew Manze
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