07:00
Friday 23 Dec
Sandy Burnett
Sandy Burnett plays a selection of compositions by Bach.
French Suite No 3 in Bm, BWV 814
Keith Jarrett (harpsichord)
Cantata No 149: Man singet mit Freuden vom Sieg
Arleen Augér (soprano)
Mechthild Georg (alto)
Aldo Baldin (tenor)
Philippe Huttenlocher (bass)
Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart
Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
Helmuth Rilling (conductor)
Cantata No 87: Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten in meinem Namen
Hertha Töpper (alto)
Helmut Krebs (tenor)
Franz Kelch (bass)
Heinrich Schütz Choir of Heilbronn
Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra
Fritz Werner (conductor)
Concerto in Dm for two violins, BWV 1043
Nigel Kennedy, Daniel Stabrawa (violin)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Capriccio in E, BWV 993
Angela Hewitt (piano)
Cantata No 97: In allen meinen Taten
Wilhelm Wiedl (soprano)
Paul Esswood (alto)
Kurt Equiluz (tenor)
Ruud van der Meer, Philippe Huttenlocher (basses)
Tölz Boys Choir
Concentus Musicus Vienna
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (director)
10:00
Friday 23 Dec
Jonathan Swain
Jonathan Swain plays a selection of compositions by Bach.
Cantata No 101: Nimm von uns Herr, du treuer Gott
Wilhelm Wiedl (treble)
Paul Esswood (alto)
Kurt Equiluz (tenor)
Philippe Huttenlocher (bass)
Tölz Boys Choir
Concentus Musicus Vienna
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (director/cello)
Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G, BWV 1048
Sigiswald Kuijken, Alda Stuurop, Janneke van der Meer (violin)
Wiel Peeters, Marléen Thiers, Lucy van Dael (viola)
Anner Bylsma, Richte van der Meer, Wieland Kuijken (cello)
Anthony Woodrow (violone)
Gustav Leonhardt (director/harpsichord)
Cantata No 202: Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten (Wedding Cantata)
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood (director/harpsichord)
Suite No 2 in Bm, BWV 1067
Wolfgang Schultz (flute)
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Münchinger (conductor)
Cantata No 70: Wachet! betet! betet! wachet!
Yukari Nonoshita (soprano)
Robin Blaze (counter-tenor)
Gerd Türk (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (director/organ)
Toccata in Gm, BWV 915
Pierre Hantai (harpsichord)
12:00
Friday 23 Dec
Donald Macleod and John Eliot Gardiner
With Donald Macleod and John Eliot Gardiner, who are at Leipzig's Nikolaikirche for today's programme to introduce sacred cantatas written for the Feast of the Annunciation and Palm Sunday.
Cantata No 182: Himmelskönig, sei willkommen
Nathalie Stutzmann (alto)
James Gilchrist (tenor)
Peter Harvey (bass)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (director)
Cantata No 54: Widerstehe doch der Sünde
Nathalie Stutzmann (alto)
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (director)
Cantata No 1: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
Malin Hartelius (soprano)
James Gilchrist (tenor)
Peter Harvey (bass)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (director)
13:30
Friday 23 Dec
Catherine Bott
Catherine Bott plays a selection of compositions by Bach, including a performance of Book Two of the Well-Tempered Clavier by the young French pianist Cédric Tiberghien.
Jesu, meiner Seelen Wonne, BWV 359
Chorale Prelude on Jesu, meiner Seelen Wonne, BWV 1118
Jesu, meine Freuden Freude, BWV 360
Gächinger Kantorei
Bach Collegium Stuttgart
Michael Behringer (organ)
Helmuth Rilling (conductor)
Gelobet, seist du Jesu Christ, BWV 723
Christopher Herrick (organ)
Gelobet, seist du Jesu Christ, BWV 314
Berlin Radio Choir/ ensemble/ Robin Gritton
Vom Himmel kam der Engel schar, BWV 607
Lionel Rogg (organ)
Herr, straf mich nicht in deinem Zorn, BWV 338
Berlin Radio Choir/ Robin Gritton
Wir glauben all an einen Gott, BWV 740
Christopher Herrick (organ)
Wo Gott zum Haus nicht gibt sein Gunst, BWV 438
Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart/ Helmuth Rilling (conductor)
Well-tempered Clavier Book 2, BWV 870-893 (Part 1)
Cedric Tiberghien (piano)
Ich freue mich in dir, BWV 398
Rundfunkchor Berlin/ Robin Gritton (conductor)
O Gott, du frommer Gott, BWV 399
Rundfunkchor Berlin/ Robin Gritton (conductor)
Well-tempered Clavier Book 2, BWV 870-893 (Part 2)
Cedric Tiberghien (piano)
Es ist das Heil uns kommen her, BWV 638
Wolfgang Zerer (organ)
Cantata No. 9: Es ist das Heil uns kommen her
La Petite Bande/ Sigiswald Kuijken
Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 718
Marie-Claire Alain on the Silbermann organ of the Georgenkirche, Rötha, Germany
Selig, wer an Jesum denkt, BWV 498
So gehst du nun, mein Jesu, hin, BWV.500 & 500a
Vergiss mein nicht, mein alle liebste Gott, BWV 505
Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubilieret, BWV 31
17:00
Friday 23 Dec
Sean Rafferty
Sean Rafferty's guest is the organist Simon Preston.
Prelude and Fugue in Am, BWV 543
Concerto in Dm, BWV 596
Chorale Variations: O Gott, du frommer Gott, BWV 767
Simon Preston (organ)
Cantata No 168: Tue Rechnung! Donnerwort
Katharine Fuge (soprano)
Daniel Taylor (countertenor)
James Gilchrist (tenor)
Peter Harvey (bass)
The Monteverdi Choir
The English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
French Suite No 6 in E, BWV 817
Andras Schiff (piano)
Cantata No 137: Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren
Alan Bergius (boy soprano)
Paul Esswood (alto)
Kurt Equiluz (tenor)
Albert Hartinger (bass)
Tolz Boys' Choir
Concentus Musicus, Vienna
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (director)
19:00
Friday 23 Dec
Petroc Trelawny
With Petroc Trelawny. Joanna MacGregor introduces Glenn Gould's epoch-making 1955 recording of the Goldberg Variations, an interpretation which changed the way in which the piece was heard, and which developed a cult following in the 1960s.
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Glenn Gould (piano)
Cantata No 157: Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn
James Gilchrist (tenor)
Klaus Mertens (bass)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir
Ton Koopman (director)
Chorale Prelude: Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott, BWV 721
Geoffrey Morgan (organ)
Cantata No 188: Ich habe meine Zuversicht
Arleen Auger (soprano)
Julia Hamari (alto)
Aldo Baldwin (tenor)
Walter Heldwein (bass)
Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
Helmut Rilling (conductor)
22:00
Friday 23 Dec
Sarah Walker
Sarah Walker play a selection of music by Bach.
Trio Sonata in G, BWV 1038
Barthold Kuijken (flute)
Sigiswald Kuijken (violin)
Gustav Leonhardt, Wieland Kuijken (continuo)
Cantata No 107: Was willst du dich betrüben
Agnes Mellon (soprano)
Howard Crook (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Chorus and Orchestra of Collegium Vocale, Ghent
Philippe Herreweghe (director)
In a specially recorded recital from Belfast, Colm Carey plays Eight Short Preludes and Fugues, BWV 553-560
The Schübler Chorales, BWV 645-650
Prelude and Fugue in G, BWV 541
On the organ of St Peter's Cathedral, Belfast
Cantata No 51: Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen!
Julianne Baird (soprano)
The Bach Ensemble
Joshua Rifkin (director)
00:00
Friday 23 Dec
Louise Fryer
Saturday 24 Dec
Louise Fryer
Louise Fryer presents a selection of Bach's cantatas from his third Leipzig cycle.
00.00am
Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat, BWV 1051
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
00.17am
Cantata No 164: Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet
Christoph Wegermann (soprano)
Paul Esswood (Alto)
Max von Egmond (bass)
Collegium Vocale Ghent
Leonhardt Consort
Gustav Leonhardt (director)
00.35am
Allemande in Cm, BWV 834,
Minuets, BWV 841 and 843
Christopher Hogwood (clavichord)
00.39am
Scherzo in Dm, BWV 844
Zuzanna Ruzickova (harpsichord)
00.42am
Prelude & fughetta in Dm, BWV 899
Maria Tipo (piano)
00.45am
Prelude in Dm, BWV 905
Robert Hill (harpsichord)
00.47am
Cantata No 28: Gottlob! Nun geht das Jahr
Maria Friesehausen (soprano)
Emmy Lisken (alto)
George Jelden (tenor)
Barry McDaniel (bass)
Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra
Fritz Werner (conductor)
01.05am
Chorale Prelude: Helft mir Gottes Güte preisen, BWV 613
Helmut Walcha (Arp Schnitger organ of St Peter and Paul Church Cappel, Switzerland)
01.07am
Concerto in Gm, BWV 983
Peter Watchorn (harpsichord)
01.17am
Cantata No 32: Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen
Elly Ameling (soprano)
Hermann Prey (bass)
German Bach Soloists
Helmut Winschermann (conductor)
1.39am
Chorale: Nun ruhen alle Wälder, BWV 392
Berlin Radio Choir, Ensemble/ Robin Gritton
Chorale Prelude: Nun ruhen alle Wälder, BWV 756
Wolfgang Rubsam (Metzler organ, Frauenfeld)
1.41am
Cantata No 13: Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen
Sandrine Piau (soprano)
Bogna Bartosz (alto)
Paul Agnew (tenor)
Klaus Mertens (bass)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir
Ton Koopman (director)
2.01am
Concerto in Gm (after Vivaldi), BWV 975
Olivier Baumont (harpsichord)
2.09am
Cantata No 129: Gelobet sei der Herr, mein Gott
Arleen Auger (soprano)
Gabriele Schreckenbach (alto)
Philippe Huttenlocher (bass)
Gächinger Kantorei
Bach Collegium Stuttgart
Helmuth Rilling (conductor)
2.28am
Concerto in G (after Telemann), BWV 986
Peter Watchorn (harpsichord)
2.35am
Cantata No 88: Siehe, ich will viel Fischer aussenden
Ruth Holton (soprano)
Sytse Buwalda (alto)
Marcel Beekman (tenor)
Bas Ramselaar (bass)
Holland Boys' Choir
Netherlands Bach Collegium
Pieter Jan Leusink (director)
2.54am
A sequence of chorales and chorale preludes
Chorale and chorale prelude: Jesus Christus, unser Heiland
Chorale BWV 363
Nordic Chamber Choir, ensemble, Nicol Matt
Chorale preludes, BWV 665 and 666
Hans Fagius (reconstructed baroque organ of Kristine Church, Falun, Sweden)
Chorale BWV 364
Nordic Chamber Choir, ensemble, Nicol Matt
Peter Hurford (Phelps/Wolff organ of Our Lady of Sorrows, Toronto)
3.05am
Chorale and Chorale prelude: Gott's Sohn ist kommen
Chorale, BWV 318
Berlin Radio Choir, ensemble/ Robin Gritton
Chorale prelude, BWV 703
Peter Hurford (Phelps/Wolff organ of Our Lady of Sorrows, Toronto)
3.08am
Chorale and Chorale prelude: Heut' triumphiert Gottes Sohn
Chorale, BWV 342
Nordic Chamber Choir, ensemble/ Nicol Matt
Chorale prelude, BWV 630
Hans Fagius (Mats Arvidson organ, Mariefred Church, Sweden)
3.10am
Chorales and Chorale prelude: Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir
Chorales, BWV 326 and BWV 328
Gächinger Kantorei, ensemble
Helmuth Rilling (conductor)
Chorale prelude, BWV 725
Gerhard Gnann (Metzler organ of Pfarrkirche St Martin, Staufen im Breisgau)
3.31am
Cantata No 187: Es wartet alles auf dich
Edith Mathis (soprano)
Julia Hamari (alto)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bass)
Munich Bach Choir and Orchestra
Karl Richter (conductor)
3.52am
Zebedee Soanes introduces
Fugue in Gm, BWV 578
Christopher Herrick (Metzler organ of Stadtkirche St Michael, Rheinfelden, Switzerland)
3.57am
Cantata No 45: Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch, was gut ist
Ruth Holton (soprano)
Sytse Buwalda (alto)
Knut Schoch (tenor)
Bas Ramselaar (bass)
Holland Boys' Choir
Netherlands Bach Collegium
Pieter Jan Leusink (director)
4.16am
Canon a 4, BWV 1074 Canon a 2 perpetuus, BWV 1075
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel (director/violin)
4.19am
6 part Ricercar (A Musical Offering) orch Webern
Munich Chamber Orchestra
Christoph Poppen (conductor)
4.28am
Cantata No
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