07:00
Martin Handley
Radio 3's celebration of Bach nears its conclusion with contributions from Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Emma Kirkby, Davitt Moroney, Ton Koopman, Christopher Hogwood, Dame Gillian Weir, Joanna MacGregor, Sir Roger Norrington, Dame Janet Baker and Andrew Parrott.
Also featured are the Poet Laureate Andrew Motion, Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rabbi Julia Neuberger, Armando Iannucci, Siobhan Davies, Sir Paul McCartney, Elvis Costello, Simon Russell Beale, Fiona Shaw, Ian McEwan, Wynton Marsalis, Nitin Sawhney, Andrew Marr and Alain de Botton.
Simon Heighes contributes Bach Bites; short introductions to various aspects of Bach's life and works and Peter Dyke follows Bach's footsteps from Arnstadt to Lubeck.
Menuets in G and G m, BWV anhalt 114 & 115
(Anna Magdalena Notebook)
Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord)
Cantata No 192: Nun Danket all Gott
Helen Donath (soprano)
Niklaus Tuller (bass)
Frankfurter Kantorei
Bach Collegium Stuttgart
Helmut Rilling (conductor)
Sonata in Bm, BWV 1030
Aurele Nicolet (flute)
Karl Richter (harpsichord)
Suite in B flat, BWV 821
Robert Hill (harpsichord)
Cantata No 122: Das neugeborne Kindelein, BWV 122
Vasiljka Jezovsek (soprano)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Collegium Vocale Ghent
Philippe Herreweghe (director)
Concerto in F, BWV 1057
Andrei Gavrilov (piano)
Susan Milan and Lenor Smith (flute)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)
Trio in Dm, BWV 583
Simon Preston (Klais organ of St John's Smith Square, London)
Motet: Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt, BWV Anh 160
BBC Singers
Richard Pearce (organ continuo)
Peter McCarthy (violone)
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
09:00
Andrew McGregor
Andrew McGregor samples some recent Bach recordings including violin music played by Julia Fischer, Leonidas Kavakos and Gidon Kremer.
Graeme Kay looks at the available recordings of Bach's complete organ music and chooses some representative examples.
Cantata No 150: Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich
Katharine Fuge (soprano)
Carlos Mena (alto)
Jan Kobow (tenor)
Stephan Macleod (bass)
Ricercar Consort
Philippe Pierlot (director)
A selection of the Organ Chorales from the Neumeister Collection, BWV 1090 - 1120
Hans Helmut Tillmanns (organ)
12:00
Donald Macleod and John Eliot Gardiner
With Donald Macleod and John Eliot Gardiner who introduce cantatas composed for Jubilate Sunday, the third Sunday of Easter, including performances given in the 15th century Schlosskirche in Altenburg during the Monteverdi Choir's Bach Cantata Pilgrimage in 2000.
Cantata No 12: Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen
William Towers (countertenor)
Mark Padmore (tenor)
Julian Clarkson (bass)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (director)
Cantata 103: Ihr werdet weinen und heulen
Paul Esswood (alto)
Kurt Equiluz (tenor)
Hannover Boys' Choir
Collegium Vocale Ghent
Gustav Leonhardt (conductor)
Cantata No 146: Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal in das Reich Gottes eingehen
Brigitte Geller (soprano)
William Towers (countertenor)
Mark Padmore (tenor)
Julian Clarkson (bass)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (director)
13:30
Lucie Skeaping
Performances of celebratory and wedding cantatas, presented by Lucie Skeaping. Plus reflections from Emma Kirkby and Christopher Hogwood.
Chromatic fantasia and fugue, BWV 903a
Christopher Hogwood (clavichord)
Cantata No 210: O holder Tag, erwünschte Zeit
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood (director)
Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D, BWV 1050
The Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord/director)
Bist du bein mir, BWV 508
Gedänke doch mein Geist, BWV 509
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood (director)
Cantata No. 207: Vereingte Zweitracht der wechselnden Saiten
Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Ingeborg Danz (alto)
Mark Padmore (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Collegium Vocale Ghent
Philippe Herreweghe (director)
Suite No 3 in C, BWV 1009
Pieter Wispelwey (cello)
Cantata No 174: Ich liebe den Höchsten
Julia Hamari (alto)
Aldo Baldin (tenor)
Wolfgang Schöne (bass)
Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart
Württemburg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn
Helmuth Rilling (director)
Mass in F, BWV 233
Ann Monoyios (soprano)
Angus Davidson (alto)
Charles Daniels (tenor)
Peter Harvey (bass)
Gabrieli Consort & Players
Paul McCreesh (director)
17:00
Sean Rafferty
Sean Rafferty's guest is Dame Janet Baker.
Concerto in C, BWV 976 (after Vivaldi Op 3 No 12)
Colin Booth (harpsichord)
Cantata No 169: Gott soll allein mein Herze haben
Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
Bath Festival Orchestra
Yehudi Menuhin (conductor)
Duet: Wie selig sind doch sie, Cantata No 80
Janet Baker (contralto)
Theo Altmeyer (tenor)
Consortium Musicum
Wolfgang Gonnenwein (conductor)
Cantata No 170: Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust
Janet Baker (contralto)
Philip Ledger (organ)
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields
Neville Marriner (conductor)
Cantata No 117: Sei Lob und Ehr dem hochsten Gut, BWV 117
Rene Jacobs (alto)
Kurt Equiluz (tenor)
Max van Egmond (bass)
Hannover Children's Choir
Collegium Vocale Gent
Leonhardt Consort
Gustav Leonhardt (conductor)
Prelude and Fugue in C, BWV 531
Piet Kee (organ)
19:00
Petroc Trelawny
Sir Roger Norrington talks to Petroc Trelawny about Bach's magnificent last choral work, the Mass in Bm, and introduces the performance of the work he directed at the Proms in July, 2000, commemorating the 250th anniversary of Bach's death.
The Bm Mass - a cornerstone of Western music - gloriously displays what one of Bach's sons called his 'most skilled artistry'. 'How strange, how new, how expressive, how beautiful.'
Mass in Bm, BWV 232
Dominique Labelle (soprano)
Annette Markert (mezzo-soprano)
David Daniels (counter-tenor)
Mark Padmore (tenor)
Alastair Miles (bass)
Choir and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Sir Roger Norrington (conductor)
Partita No 4 in D, BWV 828
Lars-Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord)
22:00
Sarah Walker
A selection of music by Bach, including a recital from Radio 3 New Generation Artist Alina Ibragimova.
Three keyboard fugues, BWV 947, 948 & 949
Michele Barchi (harpsichord)
Sanctus & Christe Eleison, BWV 241 & 242
Vocal Ensemble and Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne
Michel Corboz (conductor)
In a specially-recorded recital at The Priory Church of Saint Bartholomew the Great, London, Radio 3 New Generation Artist Alina Ibragimova, plays three masterpieces for solo violin - Sonata No 1 in Gm, BWV 1001; Partita No 2 in Dm, BWV 1004; Sonata No 3 in E, BWV 1006.
Aria in F, BWV 587
Werner Jacob (organ)
Cantata No 99: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan
Julianne Baird (soprano)
Allan Fast (alto)
Frank Kelly (tenor)
Jan Opalach (bass)
The Bach Ensemble
Joshua Rifkin (director)
Prelude and Fugue in Am, BWV 551
Helmut Walcha (organ)
00:00
Louise Fryer
Sunday 25 Dec
Louise Fryer
Including a reconstruction of Bach's St Mark Passion, and his final, and unfinished, contrapuntal masterpiece - The Art of Fugue.
12.00am
St Mark Passion, BWV 247 (reconstructed Heighes)
Evangelist ...... Rogers Covey-Crump
Jesus ...... Gordon Jones
Connor Burrowes (soprano)
David James (alto)
Paul Agnew (tenor)
Teppo Tolonen (baritone)
The Ring Ensemble of Finland
European Union Baroque Orchestra
Roy Goodman (conductor)
1.44am
Canon trias harmonica, BWV 1072; Canon super fa mi a 7, post tempus musicum, BWV 1078; Canon concordia discors, BWV 1086
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel (violin/director)
1.49am
Cantata No 100: Was Gott tut, das is wohlgetan
Malin Hartelius (soprano)
William Towers (alto)
James Gilchrist (tenor)
Peter Harvey (bass)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (director)
2.10am
Fantasia in G, BWV 571; Fantasia in Cm, BWV 1121 (BWV anhalt 205)
Ton Koopman (Arp Schnitger organ of Michaelskerk, Groningen)
2.21am
Cantata No 197: Gott ist unsre Zuversicht
Ruth Holton (soprano)
Sytse Buwalda (alto)
Bas Ramselaar (bass)
Holland Boys' Choir
Netherlands Bach Collegium
Pieter Jan Leusink (director)
2.49am
Cantata fragment 197a: Ehre sei Gott
Michael Volle (bass)
Gächinger Kantorei
Bach Collegium Stuttgart
Helmuth Rilling (director)
2.56am
Art of Fugue, BWV 1080
Fugue for 2 claviers (from Contrapunctus 13)
Andreas Staier, Robert Hill (harpsichord)
3.01am
Credo in unum Deum, BWV 1081; Suscepit Israel (after Caldara), BWV 1082
Gächinger Kantorei
Bach Collegium Stuttgart
Helmuth Rilling (conductor)
3.04am
Cantata fragment 120a: Herr Gott, Beherrscher aller Dinge
Ingeborg Danz (alto)
Marcus Ullmann (tenor)
Andreas Schmidt (bass)
Gächinger Kantorei
Bach Collegium Stuttgart/Helmuth Rilling
3.20am
Prelude in G, BWV 568; Fugue in G, BWV 576
Christopher Herrick (Metzler organ of Stadtkirche, St Michael, Rheinfelden in Switzerland)
3.27am
Cantata Fragment No 36b: Die Freude reget sich
Christiane Oelze (soprano)
Ingeborg Danz (alto)
Marcus Uhlmann (tenor)
Gächinger Kantorei
Bach Collegium Stuttgart/Helmuth Rilling
3.35am
Prelude & Fugue in G, BWV 541
Marie-Claire Alain (Christian Muller organ, St Bavokerk, Haarlem)
3.42am
Sacred Songs
Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen, BWV 495; Mein Jesu, dem die Seraphinen, BWV 496; Mein Jesu! das vor Seelenweh, BWV 497; Nicht so traurig, nicht so sehr, BWV 499
Barbara Schlick (soprano)
Klaus Mertens (bass)
Bob van Asperen (keyboards)
Wouter Moller (cello)
3.52am
Art of Fugue, BWV 1080, Contrapuncti 1, 3, 6 & 7
Arte dei Suonatori
Alan Rasmussen (organ)
4.07am
Chorales Der Tag, das ist so freudenreich, BWV 294
Christus, der uns selig macht, BWV 283
Nordic Chamber Choir, ensemble
Nicol Matt
Chorale Preludes, BWV 719 & 620
Christopher Herrick (organ)
4.14am
Art of Fugue, BWV 1080, Contrapuncti 16 & 14
Arte dei Suonatori
Alan Rasmussen (organ)
4.23am
Cantata No 171: Gott, wie dein Name
Helmut Wittek (soprano)
Panito Iconomou (alto)
Kurt Equiluz (tenor)
Robert Holl (bass)
Tolz Boys' Choir
Concentus Musicus Vienna/ Nikolaus Harnoncourt
4.39am
Art of Fugue, BWV 1080, Contrapuncti 8, 11 & 5
Arte dei Suonatori, Alan Rasmussen (organ)
4.56am
Sacred Songs
So gibst du nun, mein Jesu, BWV 501
So wünsch ich mir zu guter Letzt, BWV 502
Steh ich bei meinem Gott, BWV 503
Vergiss mei nicht, BWV 504
Barbara Schlick (soprano)
Klaus Mertens (bass)
Bob van Asperen (keyboards)
Wouter Moller (cello)
5.06am
Chorale Preludes
Allein Gott in die Höh sei Ehr, BWV 711
In dich hat ich gehofet, Herr, BWV 712
Fantasia super Jesu meine Freude, BWV 713
Peter Hurford (Ronald Sharp - organ of Knox Grammar School Chapel, Sydney, Australia)
5.15am
A selection of Chorales: BWV 403-407
O Mensch, schau Jesum Christum an BWV 403; O Traurigkeit, O Herzeleid, BWV 404; O wie selig seid ihr doch, ihr Frommen, BWV 405 & 406; O wir armen Sunden, BWV 407
Nordic Chamber Choir, ensemble/ Nicol Matt
5.20am
Art of Fugue, BWV 1080, Contrapuncti 4, 2 & 13
Arte dei Suonatori
Alan Rasmussen (organ)
5.34am
Cantata No 72: Alles nur nach Gottes Willen
Maria Friesehausen (soprano)
Barbara Scherler (alto)
Bruc
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