07:00
Sandy Burnett
Featuring further Cantatas.
Cantata No 86: Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch
Sibylla Rubens (soprano)
Bernhard Landauer (alto)
Christoph Prégardien (tenor)
Klaus Mertens (bass)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir
Ton Koopman (director)
Cantata No 98: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan
Katharine Fuge (soprano)
Derek Lee Ragin (countertenor)
Julian Podger (tenor)
Gotthold Schwarz (bass)
Monterverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (director)
Concerto for three harpsichords in Dm, BWV 1063
Gustav Leonhardt, Anneke Uittenbosch, Alan Curtis (harpsichord)
Leonhardt Consort
Gustav Leonhardt (director)
Cantata No 84: Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke
Nancy Argenta (soprano)
Paul Goodwin (oboe)
Ensemble Sonnerie
Monica Huggett (director)
English Suite No 1 in A, BWV 806
Murray Perahia (piano)
10:00
Jonathan Swain
Jonathan hosts a CD Masters special.
Suite No 4 in D, BWV 1069
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Serge Koussevitzky (conductor)
Cantata No 199: Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Thurston Dart (conductor)
Cantata No 158: Der Friede sei mit dir
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Michel Schwalbé (violin)
St Hedwig's Cathedral Choir
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Karl Forster (conductor)
The Well-Tempered Clavier Book II
Prelude & Fugue No 13 in F sharp, BWV 882
Samuel Feinberg (piano)
Prelude & Fugue No 18 in G sharp m, BWV 887
Maria Yudina (piano)
Cantata No 35: Geist und Seele wird verwirret
Maureen Forrester (alto)
Herbert Tachezi (organ)
Vienna Radio Orchestra
Hermann Scherchen (conductor)
Partita No 3 in Am, BWV 827
Marcelle Meyer (piano)
12:00
Donald Macleod
Donald and John Eliot Gardiner introduce sacred cantatas for Trinity and Reformation Sunday, and also explore how Bach assembled the texts in collaboration with the theologians of his age.
Cantata No 48: Ich elender Mensch, wer wird mich erlösen
William Towers (counter tenor)
James Gilchrist (tenor)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (director)
Cantata No 5: Wo soll ich fliehen hin
Susanne Rydén (soprano)
Pascal Bertin (counter tenor)
Gerd Türk (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (director)
Cantata No 90: Es reisset euch ein schrecklich Ende
Bogna Bartosz (alto)
Jörg Dürmüller (tenor)
Klaus Mertens (bass)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir
Ton Koopman (director)
Cantata No 79: Gott, der Herr, ist Sonn' und Schild
Joanne Lunn (soprano)
William Towers (counter tenor)
Peter Harvey (bass)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (director)
13:30
Catherine Bott
Including a concert from St John's, Smith Square in London, featuring two of Bach's Lutheran Masses. At 2.50pm, Catherine Bott and pianist David Owen Norris join A-level and GCSE students at All Saints' RC School in York to find out how we can still learn from Bach pieces written for use in teaching. In fact, Bach compiled special books of teaching pieces for his eldest son Wilhelm Friedemann and his second wife Anna Magdalena.
Mass in Gm, BWV 235; Cantata No 78: Jesu der du meine Seele; Mass in A, BWV 234
Sibylla Rubens (soprano)
Andreas Scholl (counter tenor)
Christoph Prégardien (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Collegium Vocale, Ghent Orchestra
Collegium Vocale, Ghent
Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)
Von Himmel hoch, da komm ich her, BWV 700 & 701
Marie-Claire Alain (organ)
Violin Concerto in Gm, BWV 1056
Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi (violin/director)
Easter Oratorio (Lobet Gott), BWV 249
Emily van Evera (soprano)
Caroline Trevor (alto)
Charles Daniels (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Taverner Consort and Players
Andrew Parrott (conductor)
17:00
Sean Rafferty
The guest is French cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras, who plays movements from two Bach Cello Suites.
Cantata No 176: Es ist ein trotzig und verzagt Ding
Johannette Zomer (soprano)
Ingeborg Danz (alto)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Collegium Vocale Gent
Philippe Herreweghe (director)
Concerto in Dm for harpsichord & oboe, BWV 1059
Frank de Bruine (oboe)
Melante Amsterdam
Bob van Asperen (director/harpsichord)
Cantata No 85: Ich bin ein guter Hirt
Barbara Schlick (soprano)
Andreas Scholl (alto)
Christoph Prégardien (tenor)
Gotthold Schwarz (bass)
Concerto Vocale de Leipzig
Ensemble Baroque de Limoges
Christophe Coin (director)
Sonata in G, BWV 1038
Barthold Kuijken (flute)
Sigiswald Kuijken (violin)
Wieland Kuijken (cello)
Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord)
19:00
Petroc Trelawny
A concert from Cadogan Hall, London, featuring a selection of Bach's Christmas cantatas, and a recently discovered Birthday Ode for Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Saxe-Weimar, written in 1713. Plus Bach's joyful setting of the Magnificat.
Cantata No 40: Dazu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes
Cantata No 151: Süßer Trost, mein Jesus kömmt
Cantata No 110: Unser Mund sei voll Lachens
Aria: Alles mit Gott, und nichts ohn' Ihn, BWV 1127
Magnificat in D, BWV 243, with Christmas interpolations: Von Himmel hoch; Freut euch und jubiliert; Gloria in excelsis; Virga Jesse floruit
Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
Trio Sonata in C, BWV 530
Palladian Ensemble
Concerto for 2 keyboards in Cm, BWV 1062
Christophe Rousset, Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord)
Academy of Ancient Music
22:00
Fiona Talkington
Featuring a concert recorded at The Priory Church of Saint Bartholomew the Great, London, featuring some of Bach's flute sonatas.
Flute Sonata in Em, BWV 1034
Toccata in Em, BWV 914
Flute Sonata in A, BWV 1032
Partita for unaccompanied flute in Am, BWV 1013
Flute Sonata in E, BWV 1035
Jed Wentz (flute)
Musica ad Rhenum
Prelude No 1 in C
Pastorale in Cm
Brandenburg Concerto No 5
Jacques Loussier Trio
00:00
Louise Fryer
Wednesday 21 Dec
Louise Fryer
Louise Fryer plays a selection of music by Bach.
00.00am
Orchestral Suite No 2 in Bm, BWV 1067
William Bennett (flute)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner (conductor)
00.21am
Cantata No 2: Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein
Johanette Zomer (soprano)
Ingeborg Danz (alto)
Jan Kobow (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Collegium Vocale Ghent
Philippe Herreweghe (director)
00.38am
George Pratt introduces
Trio Sonata E flat, BWV 525 (arr Boothby)
Purcell Quartet
00.53am
Cantata No 10: Meine Seel erhebt den Herren
Sally Le Sage (soprano)
Shirley Minty (alto)
Nigel Rogers (tenor)
Neil Howlett (bass)
London Bach Society Chorus
English Chamber Orchestra
Paul Steinitz (conductor)
01.17am
Fugue in Gm, BWV 131a
Andre Isoir (Grenzing organ of Abbey of St Cyprien, Perigord)
01.20am
Cantata No 93: Wer nur den lieben Gott
Yukari Nonoshita (soprano)
Matthew White (alto)
Makoto Sakurada (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (conductor)
1.40am
Partita in E for lute-harpsichord, BWV 1006a
Filomena Moretti (guitar)
1.59am
Cantata No 107: Wass willst du dich betruben
Arleen Auger (soprano)
Aldo Baldwin (tenor)
John Brocheler (bass)
Gachinger Kantorei
Bach Collegium Stuttgart
Helmuth Rilling (conductor)
2.17am
Oboe concerto in Dm, BWV 1059a
Douglas Boyd (oboe)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
2.30am
Cantata No 178: Wo Gott der Herr nicht
Edith Mathis (soprano)
Julia Hamari (alto)
Peter Schreier (tenor)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bass)
Munich Bach Choir and Orchestra
Karl Richter (conductor)
2.50am
Andrew Manze introduces his recording of Violin sonata in G, BWV 1019 (first version)
Andrew Manze (violin)
Richard Egarr (harpsichord)
Jaap ter Linden (cello)
3.11am
Cantata No 94: Was frag ich nach der Welt
Midori Suzuki (soprano)
Magdalena Kozena (mezzo)
Knut Schoch (tenor)
Jan van der Crabben (bass)
La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken (director)
3.38am
Chorales, BWV 1122 & 1123
Gachinger Kantorei, ensemble
Helmuth Rilling (director)
3.41am
Chorale prelude: Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639
Gerhard Gnann (organ)
3.44am
Chorales: BWV 1124, 1125 & 1126
Gachinger Kantorei, ensemble
Helmuth Rilling (director)
3.50am
Cantata No 113: Herr Jesu Christ, du höchster Gut
Magdalena Kozena (soprano)
William Towers (alto)
Mark Padmore (tenor)
Stephan Loges (bass)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (director)
4.15am
Trio Sonata in Dm, BWV 1036
Musica Antique Cologne
Reinhard Goebel (director/violin)
4.27am
Chorale: Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 261
Berlin Radio Choir, ensemble/ Robin Gritton
Chorale prelude: Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 1100
Peter Hurford (Vienna Bach organ in Augustiner Kirche Vienna)
4.31am
Cantata No 33: Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ
Helen Watts (alto)
Frieder Lang (tenor)
Philippe Huttenlocher (bass)
Gächinger Kantorei
Bach Collegium Stuttgart
Helmuth Rilling (conductor)
4.52am
Concerto in E flat, BWV 597
Christopher Herrick (Metzler organ of Pfarrkirche St Michael, Kaisten, Switzerland)
4.59am
Chorales, BWV 425 -7
Nordic Chamber Choir, ensemble
Nicol Matt (conductor)
5.02am
Chorales, BWV 428 - 30
Berlin Radio Choir, ensemble
Robin Gritton (conductor)
5.06am
Trio in Gm, BWV 584
Christopher Herrick (Metzler organ of Pfarrkirche St Michael, Kaisten, Switzerland)
5.09am
Chorale: Ach lieben Christen seid getrost, BWV 256
Berlin Radio Choir, ensemble, Robin Gritton
5.10am
Cantata No 114: Ach, lieben Christen
Yukari Nonoshita (soprano)
Daniel Taylor (alto)
Makoto Sakurada (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (director)
5.35am
Concerto in C for 3 harpsichords, BWV 1064
Kenneth Gilbert, Trevor Pinnock, Lars Ulrich Mortensen (harpsichords)
English Concert
Trevor Pinnock (director)
5.52am
Chorale preludes and fughetta: Allein Gott in die Höh sei Ehr, BWV 715 - 717
Marie-Claire Alain (Silberman organ, Rötha)
5.59am
Ton Koopman introduces his recording of Cantata No 206: Schleicht, spielende Wellen, und murmelt gelinde
Sybilla Rubens, Anne Grimm (soprano)
Elizabeth von Magnu
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