A Bach Christmas

First broadcast from 20051216 to 20051225.

 
 
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20051216Friday 16 Dec
Petroc Trelawney
The start of a 214-hour marathon featuring all of Johann Sebastian Bach's surviving works. Throughout the celebrations, speakers from the world of music and beyond will be introducing the pieces and what they mean to them.
Contributors include 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.
Plus The Poet Laureate Andrew Motion, The Archbishop of Canterbury the Right Reverend Rowan Williams, Rabbi Julia Neuberger, Armando Ianucci, 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.
Ton Koopman introduces his performance of
Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Cantatas 1, 2 and 3
Lisa Larsson (soprano)
Bogna Bartosz (alto)
Jörg Dürmüller (tenor)
Peter Harvey (bass)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Chorus
Ton Koopman (director)
From a concert given in the Grosser Saal, Musikverein Vienna, in December 2004
Chorale preludes
Jesus, meine Zuversicht, BWV 728
In Dulci Jubilo, BWV 729
Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 730
Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 731
Ton Koopman (organ)
Partita No 1 in Bm, BWV 1002
Thomas Zehetmair (violin)
Keyboard Concerto No 2 in E, BWV 1053
Christophe Rousset (harpsichord)
The Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood (director).
20051216Friday 16 Dec
Fiona Talkington
Featuring Bach motets, plus the first of a series of specially recorded concerts for the late hours.
Motets
Komm Jesu komm, BWV 229
Lobet den Herrn alle Heiden, BWV 230
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
Quodlibet, BWV 524
Agnes Giebel (soprano)
Marie-Luise Gilles (alto)
Bert van t'Hoff (tenor)
Peter-Christoph Runge (bass)
Leonhardt Consort
Gustav Leonhardt (director)
Concerto in Dm for organ and strings, after BWV 35, 156
Trio sonata No 6 in G, after Organ sonata BWV 530
Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 753 (completed Charlston)
Fantasia super Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 713
Suite No 5 in Gm for strings, BWV 1070
London Baroque
Terence Charlston (organ)
Cantata No 156: Ich steh mit einem Fuss im Grabe
Paul Esswood (countertenor)
Kurt Equiluz (tenor)
Thomas Hampson (bass)
Tolz Boys Choir
Concentus Musicus, Vienna
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (director).
20051217Saturday 17 Dec
Louise Fryer
Including early works from Bach's time in Arnstadt and Muhlhausen, and cantatas from Weimar and Cothen.
00.01am
Ich Habe Genug, Schlummert Ein, BWV 82, No 2 and 3 (Anna Magdalena Büchlein)
Elly Ameling (soprano)
Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord)
Angelica May (cello)
00.09am
Kyrie in F, BWV 233a
Gachinger Kantorei, Ensemble
Helmuth Rilling (conductor)
00.13am
Sonata in Am, BWV 965
Andreas Staier (harpsichord)
00.31am
Fantasia & unfinished fugue in Cm, BWV 906
Andreas Staier (harpsichord)
00.39am
Cantata: Gott ist mein König, BWV 71
Agnes Giebel (soprano)
Marga Hoffgen (alto)
Hans-Joachim Rotsch (tenor)
Theo Adam (bass)
Thomanerchor Leipzig
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Kurt Thomas (conductor)
00.59am
Suite in Gm, BWV 822
Michelle Barchi (harpsichord)
1.14am
Toccata in E, BWV 566
Hans Fagius (Wahlberg organ of the Frederik Church, Karlskrona)
1.24am
Emma Kirkby introduces a recording of
Cantata: Der Herr denket an uns, BWV 196
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Michael Chance (alto)
Charles Daniels (tenor)
Peter Harvey (bass)
The Purcell Quartet
1.38am
Aria variata in Am, BWV 989
Rosalyn Tureck (piano)
1.54am
Toccata in Dm, BWV 913
Angela Hewitt (piano)
2.06am
Suite in Em (lute), BWV 996
Julian Bream (guitar)
2.26am
Cantata: Ach! Ich sehe, itzt, da ich zur Hochzeit gehe, BWV 162
Arleen Auger (soprano)
Alyce Rogers (alto)
Kurt Equiluz (tenor)
Wolfgang Schone (bass)
Gachinger Kantorei
Frankfurter Kantorei
Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
Helmuth Rilling (conductor)
2.43am
Suite in Am, BWV 818a , incl two alternative Sarabandes, BWV 818
Zuzanna Ruzickova (harpsichord).
20051217Saturday 17 Dec
Louise Fryer
Including early works from Bach's time in Arnstadt and Muhlhausen, and cantatas from Weimar and Cothen.
3.04am
Canon a 4 perpetuus, BWV 1073
Musica Antiqua Köln
3.06am
Toccata and Fugue Dorian in Dm, BWV 538
Marie-Claire Alain (Gottfried Silbermann organ in Freiburg Cathedral)
3.20am
Sigiswald Kuijken introduces his recording of
Cantata: Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21
Greta de Reyghere (soprano)
René Jacobs (alto)
Christoph Prégardien (tenor)
Peter Lika (bass)
Netherlands Chamber Choir
La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor)
4.05am
Prelude and Fugue in Am, BWV 894
Zuzanna Ruzickova (harpsichord)
4.16am
Sonata in Gm for flute and continuo, BWV 1020
Lisa Beznosiuk (flute)
Paul Nicholson (harpsichord)
Richard Tunnicliffe (cello)
4.29am
Cantata: Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre, BWV 134a
Michael Chance (alto)
Paul Agnew (tenor)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir
Ton Koopman (conductor)
5.06am
Sonata in Em for violin and continuo, BWV 1023
Musica Alta Ripa
Ursula Bundeis (violin)
Bernward Lohr (organ)
Albert Bruggen (theorbo).
20051217Saturday 17 Dec
Louise Fryer
Including early works from Bach's time in Arnstadt and Muhlhausen, and cantatas from Weimar and Cothen.
5.17am
Cantata: Amore traditore, BWV 203
Dietrich Henschel (bass)
Michael Behringer (harpsichord)
5.29am
Chorale prelude: An Wasserflüssen Babylon (organ), BWV 653
Ton Koopman (Muller organ in the Grote Kerk, Leeuwarden)
5.35am
Chorale: An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 267
Amsterdam Bach Choir
Ton Koopman
5.37am
Prelude & Fugue in C, BWV 545
Edward Power Biggs (Flentrop organ in Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University)
5.44am
Cantata: Durchlauchster Leopold (serenata), BWV 173a
Lisa Larsson (soprano)
Klaus Mertens (bass)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir
Ton Koopman (conductor)
6.03am
Fantasia and Fugue in Gm, BWV 542
Simon Preston (Sauer organ in St Peter's, Waltrop, near Dortmund)
6.15am
Cantata: Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!, BWV 208 (Hunt Cantata)
Diana....Jennifer Smith (soprano)
Pales....Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Endymion....Simon Davies (tenor)
Pan....Michael George (bass)
The Parley of Instruments
Roy Goodman, Peter Holman (director)
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20051217Saturday 17 Dec
Martin Handley
Radio 3 continues its celebration of Bach, featuring further cantatas.
From 7.00am
Cantata No 172: Erschallet, ihr Lied
Ingrid Schmithüsen (soprano)
Yoshikazu Mera (counter-tenor)
Makoto Sakurada (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (director)
Keyboard Concerto in G, BWV 592
Simon Preston (Marcussen Organ, Lübeck Cathedral)
Cantata No 18: Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee
Julianne Baird (soprano)
Drew Minter (counter-tenor)
Benjamin Butterfield (tenor)
James Weaver (bass)
American Bach Soloists
Jeffrey Thomas (director)
From 8.00am
Cantata No 152, Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn
Christoph Wegmann (soprano)
Thomas Hampson (bass)
Tölz Boys' Choir, Concentus Musicus Vienna
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (director)
Toccata in D, BWV 912
Kenneth Gilbert (harpsichord)
Cantata No 68, Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt
Barbara Schlick (soprano)
Gotthold Schwarz (bass)
Accentus Chamber Choir
Limoges Baroque Ensemble
Christophe Coin (director).
20051217Saturday 17 Dec
Andrew McGregor
Recent recordings of Bach, plus surveys of four major cantata series with Jonathan Freeman Attwood.
Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F, BWV 1047
Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini (director)
Sonata No 2 in Am for solo violin, BWV 1003
Rachel Podger (violin)
Cantata Survey with Jonathan Freeman Attwood, followed by
Cantata No 135, Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder
Soloists, Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (director)
plus the latest Bach reconstruction from Joshua Rifkin
Leipzig Chorale Preludes
Komm, Gott Schöpfer, heiliger Geist, BWV 667
Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit, BWV 668
Gillian Weir (organ)
(recorded at the Thomaskirche, Leipzig).
20051217Saturday 17 Dec
Donald Macleod and John Eliot Gardiner
Donald Macleod and John Eliot Gardiner travel to the Bach Archive in Leipzig for the first of their programmes exploring Bach's mammoth output of sacred cantatas. Featuring works written for the feast of St John the Baptist, in performances from the Monteverdi Choir's ambitious cantata pilgrimage in 2000.
Cantata No 167: Ihr Menschen, rühmet, Gottes Liebe
Joanne Lunn (soprano)
Wilke te Brummelstroete (alto)
Paul Agnew (tenor)
Dietrich Henschel (bass)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner
Cantata No 7: Christ unser Herr zum Jordan Kam
Wilke te Brummelstroete (alto)
Paul Agnew (tenor)
Dietrich Henschel (bass)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner
Cantata No 30: Freue dich, erlöste Schar
Joanne Lunn (soprano)
Wilke te Brummelstroete (alto)
Paul Agnew (tenor)
Dietrich Henschel (bass)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner.
20051217Saturday 17 Dec
Lucie Skeaping
An afternoon of keyboards and cantatas including concert performances of two cantatas from Bach's home church of St Thomas in Leipzig, as well interpretations from Poland, France, Belgium, Japan and the UK.
The violinist John Holloway introduces some classic performances of Bach by Arthur Grumiaux and Yehudi Menuhin, and reflects on the ingenious way that Bach reworked some of his material to create new masterpieces.
1.30am
Toccata and Fugue in F (organ), BWV 540
Karl Richter (organ)
1.45am
Cantata No 19, Es erhub sich ein Streit
Cantata No 34, O ewiges Feuer
Reglint Bühler (soprano)
Matthias Rexroth (alto)
Martin Petzoldt (tenor)
Matthias Weichert (bass)
St Thomas Choir, Leipzig
Leipzig Vocal Ensemble
Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin
Georg Christoph Biller (conductor)
2.30am
French Overture in Bm, BWV 831
Piotr Anderszewski (piano)
3.00am
Concerto for harpsichord in Dm, BWV 1052
Le Concert Francais
Pierre Hantai (harpsichord and director)
3.25am
Cantata No 155: Mein Gott, wie lang, ach lange
Midori Suzuki (soprano)
Yoshikazu Mera (alto)
Makoto Sakurada (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (director)
3.40am
John Holloway talks about Bach and violin and introduces historic performances of the 3rd solo Violin Sonata and Partita.
4.30am
Cantata No 29, Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir
Deborah York (soprano)
Ingeborg Danz (mezzo)
Mark Padmore (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Collegium Vocale Ghent
Philippe Herreweghe (director).
20051217Saturday 17 Dec
Sean Rafferty
Exploring more of Bach's keyboard music and cantatas.
3-Part Inventions, BWV 787-790
Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord)
Cantata No 144: Nimm, was dein ist, und gehe hin
Lisa Larsson (soprano)
Bogna Bartosz (alto)
Gerd Turk (tenor)
Amsterdam Baroque Choir and Orchestra
Ton Koopman (director)
English Suite No 4 in F, BWV 809
Huguette Dreyfus (harpsichord)
Cantata No 145: Ich lebe, mein Herze, zu deinem Ergotzen
Costanza Cuccaro (soprano)
Adalbert Kraus (tenor)
Andreas Schmidt (bass)
Bach Collegium Stuttgart
Württemberg Chamber Orchestra
Helmuth Rilling (conductor)
Evening
Morning
Afternoon.
20051217Saturday 17 Dec
Petroc Trelawny
A specially recorded organ recital by the present organist at Bach's church in Leipzig, the Thomaskirche.
Fantasie & Fugue in Cm, BWV 562
Partite diverse sopra Sei gegrusset, Jesu gutig, BWV 768
Pièce d'orgue (Fantasie) in G, BWV 572
Christmas chorales from Orgel-Buchlein, BWV 599-606
Prelude & Fugue in D, BWV 532
Ullrich Böhme (organ)
Cantata No 62, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland
Sibylla Rubens (soprano)
Sarah Connolly (alto)
Christoph Prégardien (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Collegium Vocale
Phillippe Herreweghe (conductor)
Chaconne (Partita No 2 in Dm, BWV 1004)
Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Keyboard Concerto in G, BWV 980 (after Vivaldi, Op 4, No 1)
Olivier Baumont (harpsichord)
Concerto in Am for violin and strings, BWV 1041
Simon Standage (violin/director)
Collegium Musicum 90
Cantata No 186: Argre dich, o Seele, nicht
Robin Blaze (countertenor)
Makoto Sakurada (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (director).
20051217Saturday 17 Dec
Sarah Walker
The first of nine specially recorded recitals for the late hours.
Cantata No 193, Ihr Tore zu Zion
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir
Ton Koopman (director)
Toccata in Cm, BWV 911
Kenneth Gilbert (harpsichord)
Suite in Gm, BWV 995
Partita in Cm, BWV 997
Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E flat, BWV 998
Andreas Martin (lute)
Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in Dm, BWV 903
Terence Charlston (harpsichord).
20051217Saturday 17 Dec
Martin Handley
Radio 3 continues its celebration of Bach, featuring further cantatas.
From 7.00am
Cantata No 172: Erschallet, ihr Lied
Ingrid Schmithüsen (soprano)
Yoshikazu Mera (counter-tenor)
Makoto Sakurada (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (director)
Keyboard Concerto in G, BWV 592
Simon Preston (Marcussen Organ, Lübeck Cathedral)
Cantata No 18: Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee
Julianne Baird (soprano)
Drew Minter (counter-tenor)
Benjamin Butterfield (tenor)
James Weaver (bass)
American Bach Soloists
Jeffrey Thomas (director)
From 8.00am
Cantata No 152, Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn
Christoph Wegmann (soprano)
Thomas Hampson (bass)
Tölz Boys' Choir, Concentus Musicus Vienna
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (director)
Toccata in D, BWV 912
Kenneth Gilbert (harpsichord)
Cantata No 68, Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt
Barbara Schlick (soprano)
Gotthold Schwarz (bass)
Accentus Chamber Choir
Limoges Baroque Ensemble
Christophe Coin (director).
20051217Saturday 17 Dec
Andrew McGregor
Recent recordings of Bach, plus surveys of four major cantata series with Jonathan Freeman Attwood.
Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F, BWV 1047
Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini (director)
Sonata No 2 in Am for solo violin, BWV 1003
Rachel Podger (violin)
Cantata Survey with Jonathan Freeman Attwood, followed by
Cantata No 135, Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder
Soloists, Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (director)
plus the latest Bach reconstruction from Joshua Rifkin
Leipzig Chorale Preludes
Komm, Gott Schöpfer, heiliger Geist, BWV 667
Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit, BWV 668
Gillian Weir (organ)
(recorded at the Thomaskirche, Leipzig).
20051217Saturday 17 Dec
Donald Macleod and John Eliot Gardiner
Donald Macleod and John Eliot Gardiner travel to the Bach Archive in Leipzig for the first of their programmes exploring Bach's mammoth output of sacred cantatas. Featuring works written for the feast of St John the Baptist, in performances from the Monteverdi Choir's ambitious cantata pilgrimage in 2000.
Cantata No 167: Ihr Menschen, rühmet, Gottes Liebe
Joanne Lunn (soprano)
Wilke te Brummelstroete (alto)
Paul Agnew (tenor)
Dietrich Henschel (bass)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner
Cantata No 7: Christ unser Herr zum Jordan Kam
Wilke te Brummelstroete (alto)
Paul Agnew (tenor)
Dietrich Henschel (bass)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner
Cantata No 30: Freue dich, erlöste Schar
Joanne Lunn (soprano)
Wilke te Brummelstroete (alto)
Paul Agnew (tenor)
Dietrich Henschel (bass)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner.
20051217Saturday 17 Dec
Lucie Skeaping
An afternoon of keyboards and cantatas including concert performances of two cantatas from Bach's home church of St Thomas in Leipzig, as well interpretations from Poland, France, Belgium, Japan and the UK.
The violinist John Holloway introduces some classic performances of Bach by Arthur Grumiaux and Yehudi Menuhin, and reflects on the ingenious way that Bach reworked some of his material to create new masterpieces.
1.30am
Toccata and Fugue in F (organ), BWV 540
Karl Richter (organ)
1.45am
Cantata No 19, Es erhub sich ein Streit
Cantata No 34, O ewiges Feuer
Reglint Bühler (soprano)
Matthias Rexroth (alto)
Martin Petzoldt (tenor)
Matthias Weichert (bass)
St Thomas Choir, Leipzig
Leipzig Vocal Ensemble
Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin
Georg Christoph Biller (conductor)
2.30am
French Overture in Bm, BWV 831
Piotr Anderszewski (piano)
3.00am
Concerto for harpsichord in Dm, BWV 1052
Le Concert Francais
Pierre Hantai (harpsichord and director)
3.25am
Cantata No 155: Mein Gott, wie lang, ach lange
Midori Suzuki (soprano)
Yoshikazu Mera (alto)
Makoto Sakurada (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (director)
3.40am
John Holloway talks about Bach and violin and introduces historic performances of the 3rd solo Violin Sonata and Partita.
4.30am
Cantata No 29, Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir
Deborah York (soprano)
Ingeborg Danz (mezzo)
Mark Padmore (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Collegium Vocale Ghent
Philippe Herreweghe (director).
20051217Saturday 17 Dec
Sean Rafferty
Exploring more of Bach's keyboard music and cantatas.
3-Part Inventions, BWV 787-790
Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord)
Cantata No 144: Nimm, was dein ist, und gehe hin
Lisa Larsson (soprano)
Bogna Bartosz (alto)
Gerd Turk (tenor)
Amsterdam Baroque Choir and Orchestra
Ton Koopman (director)
English Suite No 4 in F, BWV 809
Huguette Dreyfus (harpsichord)
Cantata No 145: Ich lebe, mein Herze, zu deinem Ergotzen
Costanza Cuccaro (soprano)
Adalbert Kraus (tenor)
Andreas Schmidt (bass)
Bach Collegium Stuttgart
Württemberg Chamber Orchestra
Helmuth Rilling (conductor)
Evening
Morning
Afternoon.
20051217Saturday 17 Dec
Petroc Trelawny
A specially recorded organ recital by the present organist at Bach's church in Leipzig, the Thomaskirche.
Fantasie & Fugue in Cm, BWV 562
Partite diverse sopra Sei gegrusset, Jesu gutig, BWV 768
Pièce d'orgue (Fantasie) in G, BWV 572
Christmas chorales from Orgel-Buchlein, BWV 599-606
Prelude & Fugue in D, BWV 532
Ullrich Böhme (organ)
Cantata No 62, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland
Sibylla Rubens (soprano)
Sarah Connolly (alto)
Christoph Prégardien (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Collegium Vocale
Phillippe Herreweghe (conductor)
Chaconne (Partita No 2 in Dm, BWV 1004)
Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Keyboard Concerto in G, BWV 980 (after Vivaldi, Op 4, No 1)
Olivier Baumont (harpsichord)
Concerto in Am for violin and strings, BWV 1041
Simon Standage (violin/director)
Collegium Musicum 90
Cantata No 186: Argre dich, o Seele, nicht
Robin Blaze (countertenor)
Makoto Sakurada (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (director).
20051217Saturday 17 Dec
Sarah Walker
The first of nine specially recorded recitals for the late hours.
Cantata No 193, Ihr Tore zu Zion
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir
Ton Koopman (director)
Toccata in Cm, BWV 911
Kenneth Gilbert (harpsichord)
Suite in Gm, BWV 995
Partita in Cm, BWV 997
Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E flat, BWV 998
Andreas Martin (lute)
Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in Dm, BWV 903
Terence Charlston (harpsichord).
20051218Sunday 18 Dec
Louise Fryer
Including Leipzig Cantatas from Bach's first annual cycle, plus a winning performance of The Goldberg Variations.
12.01am
Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G, BWV 1048
Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini
12.12am
Cantata: Jesu, nun sei gepreiset, BWV 41
Barbara Schlick (soprano)
Andreas Scholl (alto)
Christoph Prégardien (tenor)
Gotthold Schwarz (bass)
Accentus Chamber Choir
Limoges Baroque Ensemble
Christophe Coin
12.39am
George Pratt introduces dance
Organ Trio Sonata No 4 in Em, BWV 528
The King's Consort
Robert King
12.52am
Cantata: Die Himmel erzählen, BWV 76
Marjon Strijk (soprano)
Sytse Buwalda (alto)
Knut Schoch (tenor)
Bas Ramselar (bass)
Holland Boys' Choir
Netherlands Bach Collegium
Pieter Jan Leusink
1.26am
Prelude and fugue in Am, BWV 895
Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord)
1.29am
Prelude and fugue in A, BWV 896
Michele Barchi (harpsichord)
1.32am
Cantata: Schauet doch und sehet, BWV 46
Midori Suzuki (soprano)
Kai Wessel (alto)
Makoto Sakurada (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (director)
1.51am
Prelude and fugue in Em, BWV 548
Karl Richter (Marcussen organ in Jaegersborg church, Copenhagen)
2.04am
Cantata: Ein ungefarbt Gemüte, BWV 24
Anna Reynolds (alto)
Peter Schreier (tenor)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bass)
Munich Bach Choir and Orchestra
Karl Richter
2.22am
Partita in A, BWV 832
Angela Hewitt (piano)
2.31am
Chorale prelude: Woh soll ich fliehen hin, BWV 694
Wolfgang Rübsam (Marcussen organ in Freiburg Cathedral)
2.36am
Cantata: Erforsche mich, Gott, BWV 136
Lisa Larsson (soprano)
Bogna Bartosz (alto)
Gerd Türk (tenor)
Klaus Mertens (bass)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Chorus
Ton Koopman.
20051218Sunday 18 Dec
Louise Fryer
Including Leipzig Cantatas from Bach's first annual cycle, plus a winning performance of The Goldberg Variations.
2.51am
Trio Sonata in G, BWV 1039
Petri Alanko, Hann Juutilainen (flute)
Ansi Mattila (harpsichord)
Jukka Rautasalo (cello)
3.03am
Cantata: Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht, BWV 105
Miah Persson (soprano)
Robin Blaze (alto)
Makoto Sakurada (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (director)
3.25am
Concerto for two harpsichords in C, BWV 1061
Ton Koopman, Tini Mathot (harpsichord)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Ton Koopman (director)
3.44am
Chorale: Wer nur den lieben Gott, BWV 434
Berlin Radio Choir, ensemble
Robin Gritton
3.45am
Chorale prelude: Wer nur den lieben Gott, BWV 642
Helmut Walcha (Arp Schnitger organ in St Peter and Paul church, Cappel)
3.48am
Cantata: Siehe zu, dass deine Gottesfurcht, BWV 179
Magdalena Kozena (soprano)
William Towers (alto)
Mark Padmore (tenor)
Stephan Loges (bass)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (director)
4.04am
Concerto for oboe d'amore in D, after BWV 1053
Patrick Beaugirard (oboe d'amore)
Café Zimmerman
Pablo Valetti (violin/director)
4.22am
Chorale: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 250
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Chorus
Ton Koopman (director)
4.23am
Chorale prelude: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 1116
Ton Koopman (Hans Heinrich Bader organ in St Walburg's Church, Zutphen)
4.25am
Cantata: Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele, BWV 69a
Wilhelm Weidl (soprano)
Paul Esswood (alto)
Kurt Equiluz (tenor)
Ruud van der Meer (bass)
Tolz Boy's Choir
Concentus Musicus Vienna
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (director).
20051218Sunday 18 Dec
Louise Fryer
Including Leipzig Cantatas from Bach's first annual cycle, plus a winning performance of The Goldberg Variations.
4.45am
Ton Koopman introduces his recording of
Prelude and fugue in Cm, BWV 546
Ton Koopman (Christian Muller organ of Waalse Church Amsterdam)
4.59am
Cantata: Warum betrübst du dich
Deborah York (soprano)
Ingborg Danz (alto)
Mark Padmore (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Choir and Orchestra of Collegium Vocale
Philippe Herreweghe (director)
5.18am
Sonata for 2 violins and harpsichord, BWV 1037
The Rare Fruits Council
Manfredo Kraemer, Pablo Valetti (violin)
Balazs Mate (cello)
Dirk Boerner (harpsichord)
Alessandro de Marchi (organ)
5.31am
Cantata: Bringet dem Herrn, BWV 148
Midori Suzuki (soprano)
Robin Blaze (alto)
Gerd Türk (tenor)
Chiyuki Urano (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (director)
5.47am
14 canons on the first 8 notes of the ground of the Goldberg Variations, BWV 1087
Glen Wilson (harpsichord)
5.57am
Cantata: Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten, BWV 59
Peter Jelosits (soprano)
Ruud van der Meer (bass)
Tolz Boys Choir
Concentus Musicus Wien
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (director)
6.09am
Gustav Leonhardt talks about the Goldberg Variations
6.11am
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord)
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20051218Sunday 18 Dec
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).
20051218Sunday 18 Dec
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).
20051218Sunday 18 Dec
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).
20051218Sunday 18 Dec
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).
20051218Sunday 18 Dec
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)
Evening
Morning
Afternoon.
20051218Sunday 18 Dec
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).
20051218Sunday 18 Dec
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).
20051218Sunday 18 Dec
Louise Fryer
Including Leipzig Cantatas from Bach's first annual cycle, plus a winning performance of The Goldberg Variations.
12.01am
Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G, BWV 1048
Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini
12.12am
Cantata: Jesu, nun sei gepreiset, BWV 41
Barbara Schlick (soprano)
Andreas Scholl (alto)
Christoph Prégardien (tenor)
Gotthold Schwarz (bass)
Accentus Chamber Choir
Limoges Baroque Ensemble
Christophe Coin
12.39am
George Pratt introduces dance
Organ Trio Sonata No 4 in Em, BWV 528
The King's Consort
Robert King
12.52am
Cantata: Die Himmel erzählen, BWV 76
Marjon Strijk (soprano)
Sytse Buwalda (alto)
Knut Schoch (tenor)
Bas Ramselar (bass)
Holland Boys' Choir
Netherlands Bach Collegium
Pieter Jan Leusink
1.26am
Prelude and fugue in Am, BWV 895
Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord)
1.29am
Prelude and fugue in A, BWV 896
Michele Barchi (harpsichord)
1.32am
Cantata: Schauet doch und sehet, BWV 46
Midori Suzuki (soprano)
Kai Wessel (alto)
Makoto Sakurada (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (director)
1.51am
Prelude and fugue in Em, BWV 548
Karl Richter (Marcussen organ in Jaegersborg church, Copenhagen)
2.04am
Cantata: Ein ungefarbt Gemüte, BWV 24
Anna Reynolds (alto)
Peter Schreier (tenor)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bass)
Munich Bach Choir and Orchestra
Karl Richter
2.22am
Partita in A, BWV 832
Angela Hewitt (piano)
2.31am
Chorale prelude: Woh soll ich fliehen hin, BWV 694
Wolfgang Rübsam (Marcussen organ in Freiburg Cathedral)
2.36am
Cantata: Erforsche mich, Gott, BWV 136
Lisa Larsson (soprano)
Bogna Bartosz (alto)
Gerd Türk (tenor)
Klaus Mertens (bass)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Chorus
Ton Koopman.
20051218Sunday 18 Dec
Louise Fryer
Including Leipzig Cantatas from Bach's first annual cycle, plus a winning performance of The Goldberg Variations.
2.51am
Trio Sonata in G, BWV 1039
Petri Alanko, Hann Juutilainen (flute)
Ansi Mattila (harpsichord)
Jukka Rautasalo (cello)
3.03am
Cantata: Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht, BWV 105
Miah Persson (soprano)
Robin Blaze (alto)
Makoto Sakurada (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (director)
3.25am
Concerto for two harpsichords in C, BWV 1061
Ton Koopman, Tini Mathot (harpsichord)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Ton Koopman (director)
3.44am
Chorale: Wer nur den lieben Gott, BWV 434
Berlin Radio Choir, ensemble
Robin Gritton
3.45am
Chorale prelude: Wer nur den lieben Gott, BWV 642
Helmut Walcha (Arp Schnitger organ in St Peter and Paul church, Cappel)
3.48am
Cantata: Siehe zu, dass deine Gottesfurcht, BWV 179
Magdalena Kozena (soprano)
William Towers (alto)
Mark Padmore (tenor)
Stephan Loges (bass)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (director)
4.04am
Concerto for oboe d'amore in D, after BWV 1053
Patrick Beaugirard (oboe d'amore)
Café Zimmerman
Pablo Valetti (violin/director)
4.22am
Chorale: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 250
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Chorus
Ton Koopman (director)
4.23am
Chorale prelude: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 1116
Ton Koopman (Hans Heinrich Bader organ in St Walburg's Church, Zutphen)
4.25am
Cantata: Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele, BWV 69a
Wilhelm Weidl (soprano)
Paul Esswood (alto)
Kurt Equiluz (tenor)
Ruud van der Meer (bass)
Tolz Boy's Choir
Concentus Musicus Vienna
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (director).
20051218Sunday 18 Dec
Louise Fryer
Including Leipzig Cantatas from Bach's first annual cycle, plus a winning performance of The Goldberg Variations.
4.45am
Ton Koopman introduces his recording of
Prelude and fugue in Cm, BWV 546
Ton Koopman (Christian Muller organ of Waalse Church Amsterdam)
4.59am
Cantata: Warum betrübst du dich
Deborah York (soprano)
Ingborg Danz (alto)
Mark Padmore (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Choir and Orchestra of Collegium Vocale
Philippe Herreweghe (director)
5.18am
Sonata for 2 violins and harpsichord, BWV 1037
The Rare Fruits Council
Manfredo Kraemer, Pablo Valetti (violin)
Balazs Mate (cello)
Dirk Boerner (harpsichord)
Alessandro de Marchi (organ)
5.31am
Cantata: Bringet dem Herrn, BWV 148
Midori Suzuki (soprano)
Robin Blaze (alto)
Gerd Türk (tenor)
Chiyuki Urano (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (director)
5.47am
14 canons on the first 8 notes of the ground of the Goldberg Variations, BWV 1087
Glen Wilson (harpsichord)
5.57am
Cantata: Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten, BWV 59
Peter Jelosits (soprano)
Ruud van der Meer (bass)
Tolz Boys Choir
Concentus Musicus Wien
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (director)
6.09am
Gustav Leonhardt talks about the Goldberg Variations
6.11am
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord)
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20051219Monday 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).
20051219Monday 19 Dec
Louise Fryer
Including more cantatas from Bach's first Leipzig cycle.
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).
20051219Monday 19 Dec
Louise Fryer
Including more cantatas from Bach's first Leipzig cycle.
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 introduces his recording of
Violin Sonata in Cm, BWV 1024
Andrew Manze (violin)
Richard Egarr (harpsichord)
Jaap ter Linden (cello).
20051219Monday 19 Dec
Louise Fryer
Including more cantatas from Bach's first Leipzig cycle.
5.21am
Cantata No 166: Wo gehest du hin?
Robin Tyson (alto)
James Gilchrist (tenor)
Stephen Varcoe (bass)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
5.39am
Concerto in Dm, BWV 974 (after oboe concerto by Marcello)
Peter Watchorn (harpsichord)
5.50am
Chorales: Ich dank' dir, lieber Herre, BWV 347 & 348
Nordic Chamber Choir, ensemble
Nicol Matt
5.53am
Cantata No 37: Wer da glaubet und getauft wird
Yukari Nonoshita (soprano)
Robin Blaze (alto)
Makoto Sakurada (tenor)
Stephan MacLeod (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (conductor)
6.09am
Concerto in Cm for 2 harpsichords, BWV 1062
Robert Hill, Michael Behringer (harpsichord)
Cologne Chamber Orchestra
Helmut Muller-Bruhl (conductor)
6.24am
Cantata No 44: Sie werden euch in den Bann tun
Barbara Schlick (soprano)
Catherine Patriasz (alto)
Christoph Prégardien (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Collegium Vocale Ghent
Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)
6.43am
Concerto for 2 violins in Dm, BWV 1043
Isaac Stern, Itzahk Perlman (violin)
New York Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta (conductor)
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20051219Monday 19 Dec
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).
20051219Monday 19 Dec
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).
20051219Monday 19 Dec
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).
20051219Monday 19 Dec
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).
20051219Monday 19 Dec
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)
Evening
Morning
Afternoon.
20051219Monday 19 Dec
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).
20051219Monday 19 Dec
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).
20051220Tuesday 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).
20051220Tuesday 20 Dec
Louise Fryer
Including secular cantatas and secular cantatas 'made sacred', interwoven with Part III of the Clavier-Übung.
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.
20051220Tuesday 20 Dec
Louise Fryer
Including secular cantatas and secular cantatas 'made sacred', interwoven with Part III of the Clavier-Übung.
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
Heidi Riess (soprano)
Eberhard Buchner (tenor)
Siegfried Lorenz (bass)
Thomanerchor Leipzig
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Hans-Joachim Rotsch (conductor)
6.20am
Chorale: Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BWV 363
Berlin Radio Choir, ensemble/Robin Gritton
Chorale prelude: Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BWV 688
Fuga super Jesus Christus unser Heiland, BWV 689
Christopher Herrick (Metzler Organ of Stadtkirche, Zofingen, Switzerland)
6.29am
Cantata No 207a: Auf, schmetternde Töne
Ruth Ziesak (soprano)
Michael Chance (alto)
Christoph Prégardien (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Stuttgart Chamber Choir
Concerto Köln/ Frieder Bernius
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20051220Tuesday 20 Dec
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).
20051220Tuesday 20 Dec
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).
20051220Tuesday 20 Dec
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).
20051220Tuesday 20 Dec
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).
20051220Tuesday 20 Dec
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)
Evening
Morning
Afternoon.
20051220Tuesday 20 Dec
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.
20051220Tuesday 20 Dec
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.
20051221Wednesday 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).
20051221Wednesday 21 Dec
Louise Fryer
A selection of music by Bach.
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).
20051221Wednesday 21 Dec
Louise Fryer
A selection of music by Bach.
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).
20051221Wednesday 21 Dec
Louise Fryer
A selection of music by Bach.
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 Magnus (alto)
Christoph Prégardien (tenor)
Klaus Mertens (bass)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir
Ton Koopman (director)
6.41am
Partita in B flat, BWV 825
Dinu Lipatti (piano)
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20051221Wednesday 21 Dec
Sandy Burnett
Sandy Burnett plays a selection of Bach compositions, including Cantata No 69 and extracts from the Brandenburg Concerto and the French Suite.
Cantata No 69: Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele
Ruth Holton (soprano)
Sytse Buwalda (alto)
Nico van der Meel (tenor)
Holland Boys Choir
Netherlands Bach Collegium
Pieter Jan Leusink (director)
Sonata in C, BWV 1033
Wilbert Hazelzet (flute)
Jaques Ogg (harpsichord)
Jaap ter Linden (cello)
Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G, BWV 1049
Musica Antiqua Köln
Reinhard Goebel (director/violin)
French Suite No 2 in Cm, BWV 813
Davitt Moroney (harpsichord)
Sonata for violin and harpsichord in E, BWV 1016
Catherine Mackintosh (violin)
Maggie Cole (harpsichord)
Cantata No 92: Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn
Deborah York (soprano)
Franziska Gottwald (alto)
Paul Agnew (tenor)
Klaus Mertens (bass)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir
Ton Koopman (director).
20051221Wednesday 21 Dec
Jonathan Swain
Jonathan hosts a CD Masters special.
Cantata No 54: Widerstehe doch der Sünde
Helen Watts (contralto)
Philomusica of London
Thurston Dart (director)
Cantata No 198: Lass, Fürstin, lass noch einen Strahl
Marni Nixon (soprano)
Elaine Bonazzi (mezzo-soprano)
Nico Castel (tenor)
Peter Binder (bass)
American Concert Choir
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Robert Craft (conductor)
Capriccio sopra la lontananza del suo fratello dilettissimo, BWV 992
Rudolf Serkin (piano)
Cantata No.102: Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben
Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
Peter Pears (tenor)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Aldeburgh Festival Singers
English Chamber Orchestra
Benjamin Britten (conductor)
English Suite No 3 in Gm, BWV 808
Sviatoslav Richter (piano).
20051221Wednesday 21 Dec
Donald Macleod and John Eliot Gardiner
Donald Macleod and John Eliot Gardiner continue their week-long survey of Bach's sacred cantatas with works composed for the season of Epiphany.
Cantata 26: Ach wie Flüchtig, ach wie Nichtig
Yukari Nonoshita (soprano)
Robin Blaze (counter-tenor)
Makoto Sakurada (tenor)
Peter Kooij (Bass)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (director)
Cantata 155: Mein Gott, wie lang, ach lange
Joanne Lunn (soprano)
Richard Wyn Roberts (counter-tenor)
Julian Podger (tenor)
Gerald Finley (bass)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
Cantata 14: Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit
Krisztina Laki (soprano)
Aldo Baldin (tenor)
Philippe Huttenlocher (Bass)
Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart
Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn
Helmuth Rilling (conductor)
Cantata 81: Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen
William Towers (counter-tenor)
Paul Agnew (tenor)
Peter Harvey (bass)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor).
20051221Wednesday 21 Dec
Catherine Bott
Catherine Bott presents a selection of compositions by Bach including Prelude & Partita in F and Concerto in C for 2 harpsichords, featuring George Malcolm and Simon Preston.
Prelude & Partita in F, BWV 833
Richard Egarr (harpsichord)
Cantata No 214: Tonet, ihr Pauken!
Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Ingeborg Danz (alto)
Mark Padmore (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Collegium Vocale Ghent
Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)
3 Minuets, BWV 841-843
Wolfgang Rubsam (piano)
Concerto in C for 2 harpsichords, BWV 1061
George Malcolm, Simon Preston (harpsichord)
Menuhin Festival Orchestra
Yehudi Menuhin (conductor)
Cantata No 213: Hercules auf dem Scheidewege
Anne Grimm (soprano)
Elisabeth von Magnus (alto)
Christoph Prégardien (tenor)
Klaus Mertens (bass)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir
Ton Koopman (director)
Keyboard Concerto in Bm, after Torelli, BWV 979
Ivor Bolton (harpsichord).
20051221Lutheran Vespers
Lutheran Vespers with the Sweelinck Ensemble directed by Martin Knizia, live from the Church of St Anne and St Agnes, London.
Chorale prelude: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, BWV 599 (JS Bach)
Chorale: Saviour of the nations come
Reading: John 1:19-28
Cantata 132: Bereitet die Wege (JS Bach)
Homily: The Revd Jana Jeruma-Grinberga
Cantata 61: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (JS Bach)
Chorale prelude: Lob sei dem allmächtigen Gott, BWV 602 (JS Bach)
Chorale: O Lord of light who made the stars
Chorale prelude: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, BWV 661 (JS Bach).
20051221Wednesday 21 Dec
Sean Rafferty
Sean Rafferty plays Bach's Triple Concerto in Am, Cantata No 11 and French Suite No 4 in E flat. His guest is the conductor Andrew Parrott.
Triple Concerto in Am, BWV 1044
Christoph Krueger (flute)
Daniel Stepner (violin)
John Gibbons (harpsichord)
Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra
Andrew Parrott (conductor)
Cantata No 11: Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen
Emma Kirkby, Evelyn Tubb (soprano)
Margaret Cable (alto)
Wilfried Jochens (tenor)
Stephen Charlesworth (bass)
Taverner Players
Andrew Parrott (conductor)
French Suite No 4 in E flat, BWV 815
Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord)
Evening
Morning
Afternoon.
20051221Wednesday 21 Dec
Petroc Trelawny
Bach's solo cello suites are the gold standard against which other works in this medium are judged. Petroc Trelawny presents three different artists playing three of these suites and talks to cellist Yo Yo Ma about them.
The programme also includes a Bach flute sonata and Helmut Walcha playing the organ of St Laurenskerk, Alkmaar, in a recording from 1956.
Prelude, Cello suite in G, BWV 1007
Pablo Casals (cello)
Cello Suite No 3 in C, BWV 1009
Pierre Fournier (cello)
Cantata No 108: Es ist euch gut
Paul Esswood (alto)
Kurt Equiluz (tenor)
Ruud van der Meer (bass)
Tölz Boys Choir
Concentus Musicus Vienna
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)
Prelude and Fugue in C, BWV 547
Helmut Walcha (organ)
Cello Suite No 5 in Cm, BWV 1011
Yo-Yo Ma (cello)
Flute Sonata in E flat, BWV 1031
Stephen Preston (flute)
Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)
Jordi Savall (viola da gamba)
Cantata No 74: Wer mich liebet, der wird mein
Deborah York (soprano)
Bogna Bartosz (alto)
Jörg Dürmüller (tenor)
Klaus Mertens (bass)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir
Ton Koopman (director)
Cello Suite No 6 in D, BWV 1012
Anner Bylsma (cello).
20051221Wednesday 21 Dec
Fiona Talkington
Fiona Talkington presents Bach's Cantata No 128, a specially recorded concert from Perth given by Concerto Caledonia with counter-tenor Iestyn Davies and some alternative arrangements of Bach compositions.
Cantata No 128: Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein
Bogna Bartosz (alto);
Jörg Dürmüller (tenor)
Klaus Mertens (bass)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir
Ton Koopman (conductor)
Plus a specially recorded concert from Perth given by Concerto Caledonia with Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor)
Oboe d'amore concerto in A, BWV 1055
Violin sonata No. 4 in C m, BWV 1017
Cantata No. 170: Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust
And some alternative arrangements of Bach by Uri Caine, Wendy Carlos, and from a recent concert by the Jacques Loussier Trio:
Air on a G string
Concerto in D m.
20051222Thursday 22 Dec
Louise Fryer
Louise Fryer plays Bach's arrangements of other composers and some cantatas.
00.01am
Fugue on a theme by Corelli, Bm, BWV 579
Peter Hurford (restored Schnitger organ of Martinkerk, Groningen)
00.06am
Andrew Manze introduces his recording of Violin sonata in G, BWV 1019, version 2
Andrew Manze (violin)
Richard Egarr (harpsichord)
Jaap ter Linden (cello)
00.26am
Fugue in Cm on a theme by Legrenzi, BWV 574
Helmut Walcha (Silberman organ in Church of St Peter the Lesser, Strasburg)
00.35am
Motet: Sei Lob und Preis, BWV 231
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (director)
00.40am
Trio in G, after Telemann, BWV 586
Wolfgang Rubsam (Metzler organ in Frauenfeld)
00.42am
Motet: [Der] Gerechte kommt um (after Kuhnau)
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Academy of Ancient Music
Simon Preston (director)
00.49am
Concerto in Am for 4 harpsichords, BWV 1065
Robert Hill, Gerald Hambitzer, Christoph Anselm Noll, Roderick Shaw (harpsichord)
Cologne Chamber Orchestra
Helmut Müller-Brüll (conductor)
00.58am
Sanctus in Dm, BWV 239
Vocal Ensemble and Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne
Michel Corboz (conductor)
01.01am
Prelude & Fugue in Dm, BWV 539
Simon Preston (Marcussen organ in Tonbridge School Chapel, Tonbridge)
1.08am
Cantata No.135: Ach Herer, mich armen Sunde
Helen Watts (alto)
Adalbert Kraus (tenor)
Philippe Huttenlocher (bass)
Gachinger Kantorei
Stuttgart Bach Collegium
Helmuth Rilling (conductor)
1.24am
Fantasia & Fugue in Am, BWV 944
Robert Hill (harpsichord).
20051222Thursday 22 Dec
Louise Fryer
Louise Fryer plays Bach's arrangements of other composers and some cantatas.
1.31am
Cantata No. 143: Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele
Roger Cericus (soprano)
Paul Esswood (alto)
Kurt Equiluz (tenor)
Max von Egmond (bass)
Hannover Boys Choir
Collegium Vocale Ghent
Leonhardt Consort
Gustav Leonhardt (director)
1.45am
Fugue on theme by Albinoni in C, BWV 946
Christopher Herrick (Metzler organ of Pfarrkirche St Michael, Kaisten, Switzerland)
1.49am
Cantata No 1083: Tilge, Höchster, meine Sunden, (after Pergolesi Stabat Mater)
Maya Boog (soprano)
Michael Chance (alto)
Balthazar Neumann Ensemble,
Thomas Hengelbrock (director)
2.29am
Prelude & fugue in Am, BWV 543
Marie-Claire Alain (Metzler organ of Jesuit church, Lucerne)
2.38am
Sanctus in G, BWV 240
Vocal Ensemble and Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne
Michel Corboz (conductor)
2.41am
Violin Suite in Am, BWV 1025
Georg Egger (violin)
Boris Kleiner (fortepiano)
3.12am
Cantata No 189: Meine Seele rühmt und preist
Peter Schreier (tenor)
CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra
3.27am
Keyboard concerto, BWV 972 (after Vivaldi Op3 No9)
Olivier Baumont (harpsichord)
3.35am
Cantata No 217: Gedenke, Herr, wie es uns gehet
Johanna Koslowsky (soprano)
Kai Wessel (alto)
Philip Langshaw (bass)
Alsfelder Vocal Ensemble
Steintor Brock Bremen
Wolfgang Helbich (director)
3.51am
Sarabande con partie, BWV 990
Robert Hill (harpsichord).
20051222Thursday 22 Dec
Louise Fryer
Louise Fryer plays Bach's arrangements of other composers and some cantatas.
4.11am
Fugue in B flat, BWV 954
Andreas Staier (harpsichord)
4.15am
Cantata No 220: Lobt ihn mit Herz und Munde
Johanna Koslowsky (soprano)
Kai Wessel (alto)
Philip Langshaw (bass)
Alsfelder Vocal Ensemble
Steintor Brock Bremen
Wolfgang Helbich (director)
4.30am
Sonata in Dm, BWV 964
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
4.52am
Motet: Ich lasse dich nicht, BWV a159
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (director)
4.57am
Concerto in C, BWV 984
Peter Watchorn (harpsichord)
5.06am
Cantata No.134: Ein Herz, das seinen Jesum
Julia Hamari (alto)
Kurt Equiluz (tenor)
Kantorei Barmen-Gemarke
German Bach Soloists,
Helmut Winscherman (conductor)
5.36am
Chorale preludes (Kirnberger collection), BWV 702 - 707
Peter Hurford (Phelps/Wolff organ of Our Lady of Sorrows, Toronto)
5.49am
Concerto in Gm, BWV 985
Michelle Barchi (Harpsichord)
5.57am
Cantata No 177: Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 177
Helmut Wittek (soprano)
Panito Iconomou (alto)
Kurt Equiluz (tenor)
Concentus Musicus Vienna
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (director)
6.22am
George Pratt introduces
Trio Sonata in C, BWV 529
John Butt (Greg Harrold organ at University of California, Berkely)
6.38am
Cantata No 209: Non sa che sia dolore
Nancy Argenta (soprano)
Sonnerie, with Lisa Beznosiuk (flute)
Monica Huggett (director)
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20051222Thursday 22 Dec
Sandy Burnett
Sandy Burnett plays a selection of Bach compositions including Prelude and fugue in G m and Cantata No 195: Dem Gerechten muss das Licht.
Prelude and fugue in G m, BWV 535
Hans Otto (organ)
Cantata No 50: Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft
Taverner Consort and Players
Andrew Parrott (director)
Sonata No 5 in Fm for violin and harpsichord, BWV 1018
Rachel Podger (violin)
Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)
Four Duetti, BWV, 802, 803, 804, 805
Gillian Weir (organ)
Concerto in Dm, BWV 1054
Andrei Gavrilov (piano)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner (conductor)
Cantata No 130: Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir
Friederike Sailer (soprano)
Claudia Hellmann (alto)
Helmut Krebs (tenor)
Jakob Stämpfli (bass)
Heinrich Schütz of Heilbronn-Chorale
Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra
Fritz Werner (conductor)
English Suite No 2 in Am, BWV 807
Martha Argerich (piano)
Cantata No 195: Dem Gerechten muss das Licht
Jan Patrick O'Farrell (soprano)
René Jacobs (alto)
John Elwes (tenor)
Harry van der Kamp (bass)
Hannover Boys' Choir
Collegium Vocale Ghent
Leonhardt Consort
Gustav Leonhardt (director).
20051222Thursday 22 Dec
Jonathan Swain
Jonathan Swain presents Bach's Cantata No 64, Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F, Cantata No 65, Fantasia in Am, Cantata No 38 and Suite No 1 in C.
Cantata No 64: Sehet, welch eine Liebe
Maria Friesenhausen (soprano)
Eva Bornemann (alto)
Hartmut Ochs (bass)
Westfälische Kantorei
Instrumental ensemble
Wilhelm Ehmann (conductor)
Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F, BWV 1046
Emmanuel Hurwitz (violin)
Terence MacDonagh (oboe)
Douglas Moore, Ian Beers (horns)
London Baroque Ensemble
Karl Haas (conductor)
Cantata No 65: Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen
Ernst Haefliger (tenor)
Theo Adam (bass)
Munich Bach Choir & Orchestra
Karl Richter (conductor)
Fantasia in Am, BWV 922
Igor Kipnis (clavichord)
Cantata No 38, Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir
Arleen Augér (soprano)
Helen Watts (contralto)
Lutz-Michael Harder (tenor)
Philippe Huttenlocher (bass)
Gächinger Kantorei
Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
Helmuth Rilling (conductor)
Suite No 1 in C, BWV 1066
The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock (director/harpsichord).
20051222Thursday 22 Dec
Donald Macleod and John Eliot Gardiner
Donald Macleod and John Eliot Gardiner travel to St Thomas' Church in Leipzig to discover how Bach adapted his sacred cantatas to the geography of one of the key venues for which they were written. All four works today were composed for the pre-Easter feast of Quinquagesima.
Cantata No 23: Du Wahrer Gott und David's Sohn
Ursula Buckel (soprano)
Eva Bornemann (alto)
Johannes Hoefflin (tenor)
Jakob Stämpfli (bass)
Frankfurter Kantorei, German Bach Soloists
Kurt Thomas (director)
Cantata No 22: Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe
Claudia Schubert (alto)
James Oxley (tenor)
Peter Harvey (bass)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (director)
Cantata No 127: Herr Jesus Christ, wahr Mensch und Gott
Antonia Fahberg (soprano)
Peter Pears (tenor)
Keith Engen (bass)
Munich Bach Choir
Munich State Opera Orchestra
Karl Richter (conductor)
Cantata No 159: Sehet, wir gehn hinauf nach Jerusalem
Ruth Holton (soprano)
Claudia Schubert (alto)
James Oxley (tenor)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (director).
20051222Thursday 22 Dec
Catherine Bott
Catherine Bott presents a concert by one of the leading groups in period performance, Concentus Musicus Vienna, under their founder and director, Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Including two of Bach's secular cantatas.
Cantata No 201: Der Streit zwischen Phoebus und Pan
Orchestral Suite No 3 in D, BWV 1068
Cantata No 211: Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht
Christine Schäfer (soprano)
Birgit Remmert (alto)
Michael Schade (tenor)
Kobie van Rensburg (tenor)
Olive Widmer (bass)
Anton Scharinger (bass)
Concentus Musicus Vienna
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (director)
3.10pm
It's a little-known fact that Bach's employment at the Court of Weimar ended (in 1717) with a month in gaol - "the County Judge's place of detention, for too stubbornly forcing the issue of his dismissal". Not one for wasting time, he apparently took the opportunity to write some of his famous '48' Preludes and Fugues. Catherine Bott, the Royal Academy of Music Baroque Orchestra and their director, harpsichordist Laurence Cummings, visit Brixton Prison in London.
The Brandenburg Concerto No 2; selected Preludes and Fugues; Cantata No 80, Ein' feste Burg
Pippa Goss (soprano)
Alexandra Gibson (mezzo)
Matthew Beale (tenor)
Alex Ashworth (bass)
Brixton prisoners' chorus (in the closing chorale)
The Royal Academy of Music Baroque Orchestra
Laurence Cummings (director/harpsichordist)
Chorale prelude: Christ ist erstanden BWV 627
Kevin Bowyer (Marcussen Organ of St Hans Kirke, Odense)
Cantata No 16: Herr Gott sich loben Wir
Sytse Buwalda (contralto)
Nico Van der Meel (tenor)
Bas Ramselaar (bass)
Holland Boys' Choir
Netherlands Bach Collegium
Pieter Jan Leusink (director).
20051222Thursday 22 Dec
Sean Rafferty
Sean Rafferty's guest today is the conductor Stephen Cleobury who introduces specially-recorded performances of the Bach Motets.
Singet dem herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225
Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227
BBC Singers
Richard Pearce (organ continuo)
Peter McCarthy (violone)
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
Cantata No 55: Ich armer Mensch, ich Sundenknecht
Cantata No 115: Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit
Evening
Morning
Afternoon.
20051222Thursday 22 Dec
Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents a performance of Bach's St Matthew Passion which is considered a pinnacle of Western music and one of the most original music dramas of any age. Bach's intensely moving account of the events leading up to the Crucifixion interweaves the narration of Christ's mission and his political fate with mankind's response, in a sequence of impassioned and meditative arias and chorales.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, offers his thoughts on the spiritual content of the St Matthew Passion before a performance given at the Proms in 1998.
Evangelist....Ian Bostridge (tenor)
Christus....Franz-Josef Selig (bass)
Sibylla Rubens (soprano)
Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor)
Werner Güra (tenor)
Dietrich Henschel (bass)
Chorus and Orchestra of Collegium Vocale, Ghent
Philippe Herreweghe (conductor).
20051222Thursday 22 Dec
Fiona Talkington
Fiona Talkington presents performances of Bach's Keyboard Partita in G, Cantata No 6 and Suites No 1 and No 4 for solo cello.
Keyboard Partita in G, BWV 829
Richard Goode (piano)
Cantata No 6: Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend
in a recording from the early 1970s by
Anna Reynolds (contralto)
Peter Schreier (tenor)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Munich Bach Choir and Orchestra
Karl Richter (conductor)
Plus, from a specially-recorded concert at The Priory Church of Saint Bartholomew the Great, London, by Jean Guihen Queyras, the Suites No 1 and No 4 for solo cello.
20051223Thursday 22 Dec
Louise Fryer
Louise Fryer presents some of Bach's cantatas from his second Leipzig cycle, and ends with the 1725 version of the St John Passion.
00.01am
Magnificat in E flat, BWV 243a
Emma Kirkby, Judith Nelson (soprano)
Carolyn Watkinson (alto)
Paul Elliott (tenor)
David Thomas (bass)
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral Oxford
Academy of Ancient Music
Simon Preston (director)
00.37am
Air in Cm, BWV 991, reconstructed Videla
Mario Videla (clavichord)
00.42am
Cantata No 96: Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn
Yukari Nonoshita (soprano)
Timothy Kenworthy-Brown (alto)
Makoto Sakurada (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (director)
01.01am
Andrew Manze introduces his recording of Violin sonata in G, BWV 1019, version 3
Andrew Manze (violin)
Richard Egarr (harpsichord)
Jaap ter Linden (cello)
1.19am
Cantata No 180: Schmucke dich, o liebe Seele
Ann Monoyios (soprano)
Angus Davidson (alto)
Charles Daniels (tenor)
Peter Harvey (bass)
Gabrieli Consort and Players
Paul McCreesh (director).
20051223Friday 23 Dec
Louise Fryer
Louise Fryer presents some of Bach's cantatas from his second Leipzig cycle, and ends with the 1725 version of the St John Passion.
1.39am
Prelude and fugue in Bm, BWV 544
Lionel Rogg (Silberman organ, Arlesheim)
1.52am
Cantata No 139: Wohl dem, der sich auf seinen Gott
Alan Bergius (soprano)
Paul Esswood (alto)
Kurt Equiluz (tenor)
Robert Holl (bass)
Tolz Boys Choir
Concentus Musicus Vienna
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (director)
2.11am
Kleine harmonisches Labyrinth, BWV 591
Kevin Bowyer (Marcussen organ of St Hanskirke Odense, Denmark)
2.15am
Fantasia in C, unfinished, BWV 573
Christopher Herrick (Metzler organ of Pfarrkirche St Michael, Kaisten, Switzerland)
2.17am
Cantata No 118: O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (director)
2.28am
Fantasia and fughetta in B flat, BWV 907
Robert Hill (lute-harpsichord)
2.32am
Cantata No 116: Du Friedefurst, Herr Jesu Christ
Edith Mathis (soprano)
Trudeliese Schmidt (alto)
Peter Schreier (tenor)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bass)
Munich Bach Choir and Orchestra
Karl Richter (conductor)
2.51am
Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D, BWV 1050
Henryk Szeryng (violin)
Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute)
George Malcolm (harpsichord)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner (conductor)
3.13am
Cantata No 3: Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid
Vienna Boys' Choir
Paul Esswood (alto)
Kurt Equiluz (tenor)
Max von Egmond (bass)
Chorus Viennensis,
Concentus Musicus Vienna
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (director).
20051223Friday 23 Dec
Louise Fryer
Louise Fryer presents some of Bach's cantatas from his second Leipzig cycle, and ends with the 1725 version of the St John Passion.
3.37am
Fantasia and fugue in Cm, BWV 908
Robert Hill (lute-harpsichord)
3.41am
Cantata No 111: Was mein Gott will, BWV 111
Joanne Lunn (soprano)
Sara Mingardo (alto)
Julian Podger (tenor)
Stephen Varcoe (bass)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (director)
3.57am
Prelude and fugue in Cm, BWV 549
Hans Fagius (Cahman organ of Leufsta Bruk, Sweden)
4.02am
Prelude and fugue in Dm, BWV 549a
Christopher Herrick (Metzler organ of Stadtkirche, Rheinfelden, Switzerland)
4.08am
Cantata No 125: Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin
Ingeborg Danz (alto)
Mark Padmore (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Collegium Vocale Ghent
Philippe Herreweghe (director)
4.32am
Prelude and fugue in G, BWV 550
Colin Andrews (Rieger organ of Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Bristol)
4.40am
Cantata No 126: Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort
Anna Reynolds (alto)
Peter Schreier (tenor)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bass)
Munich Bach Choir and Orchestra
Karl Richter (conductor)
4.58am
Chorale Preludes BWV 708 - 710
Peter Hurford (Phelps/Wolff organ of Our Lady of Sorrows, Toronto)
5.04am
St John Passion BWV 245 (1725 version)
Ruth Holton (soprano)
Bogna Bartosz (alto)
Markus Brutscher (tenor)
Thomas Laske (baritone)
Tom Sol (Bass)
Cologne Chamber Choir
Collegium Cartusianum
Peter Neumann (conductor)
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20051223Friday 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).
20051223Friday 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).
20051223Friday 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).
20051223Friday 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 and Radio 3 New Generation Artist Cédric Tiberghien, recorded at the Wigmore Hall in November 2005.
Cantata No 9: Es ist das Heil uns kommen her
Midori Suzuki (soprano)
Magdalena Kozena (contralto)
Knut Schoch (tenor)
Jan van der Crabben (bass)
La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor)
Selig, wer an Jesum denkt, BWV 498
Sibylle Rubens (soprano)
Michael Behringer (cembalo)
Michael Gross (cello)
So gehst du nun, mein Jesu, hin, BWV 500 & BWV 500a
Sibylle Rubens (soprano)
James Taylor (tenor)
Gächinger Kantorei
Bach Collegium Stuttgart
Helmuth Rilling (conductor)
Vergiss mein nicht, mein aller liebste Gott, BWV 505
Gächinger Kantorei
Bach Collegium Stuttgart
Helmuth Rilling (conductor)
Chorale prelude: Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 718
Simon Preston (organ)
Cantata No 31: Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubilieret
Agnes Giebel (soprano)
Helmut Krebs (tenor)
Erich Wenk (bass)
Heinrich Schutz Choir
Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn
Fritz Werner (conductor).
20051223Friday 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)
Evening
Morning
Afternoon.
20051223Friday 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).
20051223Friday 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).
20051224Saturday 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).
20051224Saturday 24 Dec
Louise Fryer
Louise Fryer presents a selection of Bach's cantatas from his third Leipzig cycle.
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).
20051224Saturday 24 Dec
Louise Fryer
Louise Fryer presents a selection of Bach's cantatas from his third Leipzig cycle.
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).
20051224Saturday 24 Dec
Louise Fryer
Louise Fryer presents a selection of Bach's cantatas from his third Leipzig cycle.
4.28am
Cantata No 17: Wer Dank opfert, der reiset mich
Sandrine Piau (soprano)
Bogna Bartosz (alto)
Christoph Prégardien (tenor)
Klaus Mertens (bass)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir/ Ton Koopman
4.43am
Prelude and fugue in Am BWV 897
Christian Rieger (harpsichord)
Prelude and fugue in B flat, BWV 898
Glenn Gould (piano)
4.55am
Chorales: Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz, BWV 420 & 421
Gächinger Kantorei, Bach Collegium Stuttgart/Helmuth Rilling
4.57am
Cantata No 47: Wer sich selbst erhohet
Arleen Auger (soprano)
Philippe Huttenlocher (bass)
Gächinger Kantorei
Bach Collegium Stuttgart/ Helmuth Rilling
5.21am
Prelude in Am, BWV 569
Fantasia in C, BWV 570
Christopher Herrick (Metzler organ of Stadtkirche St Michael, Rheinfeld)
5.30am
Sigiswald Kuijken introduces his recording of Cantata No 49: Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen
Nancy Argenta (soprano)
Klaus Mertens (bass)
La Petite Bande/ Sigiswald Kuijken
5.56am
Sacred songs: Mein Jesu! Was fur Seelenweh, BWV 487
O finstre Nacht, BWV 492
O liebe Seele, zieh' die Sinnen, BWV 494
Klaus Mertens (bass)
Jaap ter Linden (cello)
Ton Koopman (organ)
6.04am
Sinfonia in F, BWV 1046a
Bach Collegium Stuttgart
Helmuth Rilling (conductor)
6.09am
3 part Ricercar (A Musical Offering)
Davitt Moroney (harpsichord)
6.14am
Trio Sonata (A Musical Offering)
Concentus Musicus Vienna, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
6.33am
6 part Ricercar (A Musical Offering)
Le Concert des Nations/ Jordi Savall
6.41am
Emma Kirkby introduces
Cantata No 52: Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht
Seppi Kronwitter (soprano)
Hannover Boys' Choir
Leonhardt Consort/Gustav Leonhardt
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20051224Saturday 24 Dec
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).
20051224Saturday 24 Dec
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).
20051224Saturday 24 Dec
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).
20051224Saturday 24 Dec
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)
Kyrie in F - Christe du Lamm Gottes, BWV 233a
Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart/ Helmuth Rilling
Mass in F, BWV 233
Ann Monoyios (soprano)
Angus Davidson (alto)
Charles Daniels (tenor)
Peter Harvey (bass)
Gabrieli Consort & Players
Paul McCreesh (director).
20051224Saturday 24 Dec
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)
Evening
Morning
Afternoon.
20051224Saturday 24 Dec
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).
20051224Saturday 24 Dec
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).
20051225Sunday 25 Dec
Louise Fryer
Including a reconstruction of Bach's St Mark Passion, and his final, and unfinished, contrapuntal masterpiece - The Art of Fugue.
6.09am
Cantata No 142: Uns ist ein Kind geboren
Artur Stefanowicz (alto)
Rodrigo Orrego (tenor)
Klaus Mertens (bass)
Collegium Instrumentale Brugense
Capella Brugenisis
6.25am
Art of Fugue, BWV 1080, Contrapunctus 9, unfinished fugue
Arte dei Suonatori
Alan Rasmussen (organ)
6.37am
Chorale prelude, Vor deinem Thron tret ich hiermit, BWV 668
Alan Rasmussen (organ)
06.43am
Simon Russell Beale introduces
Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G, BWV 1049
Adolph Busch (violin)
Marcel and Louis Moyse (flutes)
Busch Chamber Players.
20051225Sunday 25 Dec
Martin Handley
Continuing the season celebrating the work of Bach.
From 7.00am
Sanctus, BWV 238
Chorus and Orchestra of Collegium Vocale, Ghent
Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)
Flute Sonata in A, BWV 1032
Frans Bruggen (transverse flute)
Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord)
Cantata No 133, Ich freue mich in dir
Sebastian Hennig (boy soprano)
Rene Jacobs (alto)
Marius van Altena (tenor)
Max van Egmond (bass)
Hannover Boys' Choir
Collegium Vocale, Gent
Leonhardt Consort
Gustav Leonhardt (director)
Canzona in Dm, BWV 588
Ton Koopman (organ of Grote Kerk, Maassluis)
From 8.00am
Prelude and Fugue No 18 in G sharp m, BWV 887
(Well-tempered Clavier, Bk 2)
Rosalyn Tureck (piano)
Cantata No 200: Bekennen will ich seinen Namen
Robin Tyson (counter tenor)
The English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
Violin Concerto in E, BWV 1042
Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
Pierre Monteux (conductor)
Cantata No 154, Mein liebster Jesus ist verloren
Bernhard Landauer (alto)
Christoph Prégardien (tenor)
Klaus Mertens (bass)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir
Ton Koopman (director).
20051225Sunday 25 Dec
Rob Cowan
Continuing the season celebrating the work of Bach.
Concerto in Dm for two violins, BWV 1043
Arthur Grumiaux, Herman Krebbers (violin)
Les Solistes Romands
Arpad Gérecz (conductor)
Concerto No 5 in Fm, BWV 1056 - Largo (arr Cortot)
Alfred Cortot (piano)
Cantata No 131: Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir
The Bach Ensemble
Joshua Rifkin (director)
Prelude & Fugue in Em, BWV 548
Albert Schweitzer (organ)
Peasant Cantata, BWV 212
Elly Ameling (soprano)
Sigmund Nimsgern (bass)
Gerald English (tenor)
Collegium Aureum
Reinhardt Peters (conductor)
Cello Suite No 2 in Dm, BWV 1008
Pablo Casals (cello)
Sonata in G - Adagio, BWV 968
Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord)
Magnificat in D, BWV 243
Barbara Bonney (soprano)
Birgit Remmert (contralto)
Rainer Trost (tenor)
Olaf Bär (baritone)
RIAS Chamber Choir
C Ph E Bach Chamber Orchestra
Peter Schreier (conductor)
Italian Concerto in F, BWV 971
Stanislav Bunin (piano)
Fantasia & Fugue in Gm, BWV 542 (orch. Mitropoulos)
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Dimitri Mitropoulos (conductor).
20051225Sunday 25 Dec
Donald Macleod and John Eliot Gardiner
Donald and John conclude their survey of Bach's sacred cantatas, with a celebration of Christmas through works written for the season and originally performed as part of Bach's Leipzig cantata cycles.
Cantata No 91: Gelobet seist du, Jesus Christ
Katharine Fuge (soprano)
Robin Tyson (alto)
James Gilchrist (tenor)
Peter Harvey (bass)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (director)
Cantata No 121: Christum wir sollen loben schon
Markus Huber (treble)
Paul Esswood (counter-tenor)
Kurt Equiluz (tenor)
Philippe Huttenlocher (bass)
Tölz Boys Choir
Concentus Musicus Wien
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (director)
Cantata No 191: Gloria in Excelsis Deo
Ileana Cotrubas (soprano)
Kurt Equiluz (tenor)
Kantorei Barmen-Gemarke
German Bach Soloists
Helmut Winschermann (conductor)
Cantata No 63: Christen, ätzet diesen Tag
Ann Monoyios (soprano)
Sara Mingardo (contralto)
Rufus Müller (tenor)
Stephan Loges (bass)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (director).
20051225Sunday 25 Dec
Lucie Skeaping
Concluding the Bach season, featuring cantatas and the Christmas Oratorio, preceded by comments from Dr Rowan Williams, The Archbishop of Canterbury.
Cantata No 123: Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen
Franziska Gottwald (alto)
Paul Agnew (tenor)
Klaus Mertens (bass)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir
Ton Koopman (director)
A selection from the '48' by keyboard players past and present
Cantata No 124: Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht
Arleen Augér (soprano)
Helen Watts (alto)
Aldo Baldin (tenor)
Wolfgang Schöne (bass)
Gächinger Kantorei
Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
Helmuth Rilling (conductor)
Partita No 6 in Em, BWV 830
Ralph Kirkpatrick (harpsichord)
Dr Rowan Williams, The Archbishop of Canterbury talks about
Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 (Parts 4-6)
Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben; Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen; Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schnauben
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
James Bowman (counter-tenor)
Neil Mackie (tenor)
Simon Birchall (bass)
Westminster Abbey Choir
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Martin Neary (conductor).
20051225Sunday 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).
20051225Sunday 25 Dec
Louise Fryer
Including a reconstruction of Bach's St Mark Passion, and his final, and unfinished, contrapuntal masterpiece - The Art of Fugue.
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).
20051225Sunday 25 Dec
Louise Fryer
Including a reconstruction of Bach's St Mark Passion, and his final, and unfinished, contrapuntal masterpiece - The Art of Fugue.
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)
Bruce Abel (bass)
Heinrich Schutz Choir
Wurttemburg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn/ Fritz Werner
5.54am
Art of Fugue, BWV 1080, Contrapuncti 10, 17, 15 & 12
Arte dei Suonatori
Alan Rasmussen (organ)
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