07:00
Sandy Burnett
Featuring further cantatas.
Cantata No 25: Es ist nicht Gesundes an meinem Leibe
Lisa Larsson (soprano)
Gerd Türk (tenor)
Klaus Mertens (bass)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir
Ton Koopman (director)
Violin concerto in Am, BWV 1041
Itzhak Perlman (violin)
English Chamber Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
Cantata No 190: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied
Robin Blaze (alto)
James Gilchrist (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (director)
Concerto for two harpsichords in Cm, BWV 1060
Raymond Leppard, Andrew Davis (harpsichord)
English Chamber Orchestra
Raymond Leppard (conductor)
Cantata No 181: Leichtgesinnte Flattergeister
Lisa Larsson (soprano)
Elisabeth von Magnus (alto)
Gerd Türk (tenor)
Klaus Mertens (bass)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir
Ton Koopman (director)
Partita in Fm, Christ, er du bist der helle Tag, BWV 766
Lionel Rogg (organ)
French Suite No 1 in Dm, BWV 812
Glenn Gould (piano)
Cantata No 58: Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid
Nancy Argenta (soprano)
Klaus Mertens (bass)
La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken (director)
10:00
Jonathan Swain
Tracing the Bach cantata on disc, from the earliest complete recording to today's competing cycles, and charts the shifts and continuities in instrumental style.
Cantata No 67: Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ
Dorothea Schröder (alto)
Hans Lißmann (tenor)
Günther Ramin (organ)
St Thomas' Choir
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Karl Straube (conductor)
Fantasia in G, BWV 572
Hanns Ander-Donath (organ)
Cantata No 105: Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht
Gunthild Weber (soprano)
Lore Fischer (alto)
Helmut Krebs (tenor)
Hermann Schey (bass)
Berlin Motettenchor
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Fritz Lehmann (conductor)
Cantata No 12: Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen
Hilde Rössl-Majdan (alto)
Anton Dermota (tenor)
Walter Berry (bass)
Vienna Chamber Choir
Vienna State Opera Chamber Orchestra
Mogens Wöldike (conductor)
Partita No 2 in Dm, BWV 1004
George Enescu (violin)
12:00
Donald Macleod and John Eliot Gardiner
Donald and John Eliot Gardiner introduce cantatas for the 16th Sunday of Trinity; and also explore what we know about the singers and instrumentalists who performed them in Bach's own time.
Cantata No 27: Wer weiss, wie nahe mir mein Ende?
Katherine Fuge (soprano)
Robin Tyson (alto)
Mark Padmore (tenor)
Thomas Guthrie (bass)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (director)
Cantata No 8: Liebster, Gott, wann werd' ich sterben?
Friederike Sailer (soprano)
Claudia Hellmann (alto)
Helmut Krebs (tenor)
Erich Wenk (bass)
Heinrich Schütz Chorale of Heilbronn
Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra
Fritz Werner (conductor)
Cantata No 161: Komm, du süsse Todesstunde
Sabine Kirchner (alto)
Theophil Meier (tenor)
Mannheim Bach Orchestra and Choir
Heinz Markus Göttsche (conductor)
Cantata 95: Christus, der ist mein Leben
Katharine Fuge (soprano)
Mark Padmore (tenor)
Thomas Guthrie (bass)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (director)
13:30
Catherine Bott
Catherine Bott talks to Angela Hewitt about her performance of Book One of the Well-tempered Clavier, BWV 846 - 869, recorded at the Wigmore Hall in November.
3.25 pm
During his years in Leipzig, Bach directed the Collegium Musicum, which gave regular instrumental concerts in Zimmermann's Coffee House.
Catherine Bott, with the Royal Academy of Music Baroque Orchestra (director Laurence Cummings) visit the Troubadour coffee house in Earls Court to play the A m Violin Concerto (with Kati Debretzeni) and the Coffee Cantata, with Pippa Goss (soprano) Matthew Beale (tenor) and Alex Ashworth (bass)
3.45 pm
Cantata No. 205: Der zufriedengestellte Aolus
Orchestra and Choir of the Age of Enlightenment
Mieke van der Sluis (soprano)
René Jacobs (alto)
Christoph Prégardien (tenor)
David Thomas (bass)
Gustav Leonhardt (director)
17:00
Sean Rafferty
The guest is the keyboard-player, Andreas Staier.
Concerto in F, BWV 971, Italian Concerto
Partita No 1 in B flat, BWV 825
Andreas Staier (harpsichord)
Concerto in Cm, BWV 1060
David Reichenberg (oboe)
Simon Standage (violin)
English Concert
Trevor Pinnock (director)
Motet: Der geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf, BWV 226
BBC Singers
Peter McCarthy (violone)
Richard Pearce (organ continuo)
Stephen Cleobury (director)
Sonata for violin and continuo, BWV 1021, in G
Arthur Grumiaux (violin)
Philippe Mermoud (cello)
Christiane Jaccottet (harpsichord)
Concerto in G, BWV 977
Cyprien Katsaris (piano)
Emma Kirkby introduces her recording of
Cantata No 82a: Ich habe genug
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Gottfried von der Goltz (conductor)
19:00
Petroc Trelawny
Including the winning recording of the Musical Offering from Radio 3's Building a Library; Emma Kirkby introduces Masaaki Suzuki's recording of Cantata No 119; the Canadian period instrument ensemble Tafelmusik play the first of Bach's popular Brandenburg Concertos; plus one of Bach's four Lutheran mass settings.
Musical Offering, BWV 1079
Gottfried von der Goltz (violin)
Karl Kaiser (flute)
Ekkehard Weber (viola da gamba)
Michael Behringer (harpsichord)
Cantata No 119: Preise, Jerusalem den Herrn
Yoshie Hida (soprano)
Kirsten Sollek-Avella (alto)
Makoto Sakurada (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (director)
Keyboard Concerto in Cm, BWV 981 (after Marcello Op 1, No 2)
Ivor Bolton (organ)
Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F, BWV 1046
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon (director)
Canonic Variations on Von Himmel hoch da komm ich her, BWV 769
Ton Koopman (organ)
Mass in G, BWV 236
Agnès Mellon (soprano)
Gérard Lesne (alto)
Christoph Prégardien (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Chorus and Orchestra of Collegium Vocale, Ghent
Philippe Herreweghe (director)
22:00
Fiona Talkington
Fiona presents recitals that feature Bach Collegiums from Japan and the Netherlands.
Organ Trio Sonata in Cm, BWV 526
Christopher Herrick (organ)
Cantata No 81: Jesus schlaft, was soll ich hoffen
Sytse Buwalda (alto)
Knut Schoch (tenor)
Bas Ramselaar (bass)
Holland Boys Choir
Netherlands Bach Collegium
Pieter Jan Leusink (conductor)
Plus a specially-recorded concert from Manchester
Spurious Fantasia in Gm, BWV 920; Fantasia & Fugue in Am, BWV 904; Aria Variata in Am, BWV 989; Capriccio in B flat, BWV 992; Capriccio in E, BWV 993
Gary Cooper (harpsichord)
Cantata No 77: Du sollst Gott, deinen Herren, lieben
Yoshie Hida (soprano)
Kirsten Sollek-Avella (alto)
Makoto Sakurada (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (director)
00:00
Louise Fryer
Tuesday 20 Dec
Louise Fryer
Including secular cantatas and secular cantatas 'made sacred', interwoven with Part III of the Clavier-Übung.
12.01am
Prelude & Fugue in E flat (St Anne), BWV 552
Ralph Downes (Harrison and Harrison organ at RFH London)
12.18am
Cantata No 215: Preise dein Glucke, gesegnetes
Monika Frimmer (soprano)
John Elwes (tenor)
David Wilson-Johnson (bass)
Choir and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Gustav Leonhardt (director)
12.52am
Chorales: Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit, BWV 371
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (director)
12.53am
Chorale preludes: BWV 669-671
Andre Isoir (Joseph Gabler organ in the Basilica, Weingarten)
1.08am
Cantata No 184, Erwünschtes Freudenlicht
Elisabeth von Magnum (soprano)
Gerd Turk (tenor)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Chorus
Ton Koopman (director)
1.29am
Wynton Marsalis introduces
Chorales BWV 275, 327, 367, 377, 379 and 257
Gächinger Kantorei, ensemble,
Helmuth Rilling (conductor)
1.38am
Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit, BWV 672; Christe, aller Welt Trost, BWV 673
Quartetto Italiano di Viole da Gamba
Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist, BWV 674
Helmut Walcha (Arp Schnitger organ of St Peter and Paul Church, Cappel)
1.43am
Cantata No 204: Ich bin in mir vergnügt
Dorothea Roschman (soprano)
Les Violons du Roi
Bernard Labadie (director)
2.14am
Chorale: Allein Gott in die Höhe sei Ehr', BWV 260
Berlin Radio Choir, ensemble
Robin Gritton
2.15am
Chorale preludes: Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr', BWV 675 & 676
Fughetta super Allein Gott, BWV 677
Lionel Rogg (Silberman organ in Arlesheim)
2.25am
Cantata No 112: Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt
Ruth Holton (soprano)
Sytse Buwalda (alto)
Nico van der Meel (tenor)
Bas Ramselaar (bass)
Holland Boys Choir
Netherlands Bach Collegium
Pieter Jan Leusink (conductor)
2.39am
Chorale: Dies sind die heiligen zehen Gebot, BWV 298; Chorale prelude: Dies sind die heiligen zehen Gebot, BWV 678
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (director)
Fughetta super Dies sind die heiligen zehen Gebot, BWV 679
Masaaki Suzuki (Marc Garnier organ of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music)
2.47am
Cantata No 194: Höchsterwünschtes Freudenfest
Jennifer Smith (soprano)
Michael Goldthorpe (tenor)
John Noble (bass)
London Bach Society Chorus
Steinitz Bach Players
Paul Steinitz (conductor)
3.29am
Chorale: Wir glauben all an einen Gott, BWV 437; Chorale prelude: Wir glauben all an einen Gott, BWV 680
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (director)
Fughetta super Wir glauben all an einen Gott, BWV 681
Simon Preston (Wagner organ, Nidaros Church, Trondheim)
3.36am
Cantata No 36c: Schwingt freudig euch empor
Dorothea Röschman (soprano)
Axel Köhler (alto)
Christoph Genz (tenor)
Hans-Georg Wimmer (bass)
Musica Antiqua Köln
Reinhard Goebel (director)
3.59am
Duetto in Em, BWV 802
Andras Schiff (piano)
4.02am
Duetto in F, BWV 803
Angela Hewitt (piano)
4.04am
Duetto in G, BWV 804
Rosalyn Tureck (piano)
4.08am
Duetto in Am, BWV 805
Tatiana Nikolaeva (piano)
4.13am
Cantata No 36: Schwingt freudig euch empor
Sybilla Ruebens (soprano)
Christoph Prégardien (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Collegium Vocale Ghent/ Philippe Herreweghe
4.44am
Chorale preludes: Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 416
Nordic Chamber Choir, ensemble Nicol Matt
Chorale preludes: Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 682 & 683
Wolfgang Stockmeier (Kreienbrink Organ of St John's Church, Osnabruck)
4.53am
Cantata No 30a: Angenehmes Wiederau, freue dich
Christiane Oelze (soprano)
Ingeborg Danz (alto)
Marcus Ullman (tenor)
Andreas Schmidt (bass)
Gächinger Kantorei
Bach Collegium Stuttgart/ Helmuth Rilling
5.28am
Chorale: Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam, BWV 280
Berlin Radio Choir, ensemble/Robin Gritton
Chorale prelude: Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam, BWV 684
Alena Vesela (organ in Dvorák Hall of House of Artists, Prague)
Chorale prelude: Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam, BWV 685
Zuzana Ruzickova (harpsichord)
5.35am
Chorale preludes: Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, BWV 686 & 687
Hans Fagius (reconstructed Wahlberg organ in Fredrikskyrkan, Karlskrona, Sweden)
5.48am
Cantata No 66: Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen
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