Eisenach and Ohrdruf
Donald Macleod accompanies JS Bach on his travels from place to place throughout his life. Today, Bach’s early years in the towns of Eisenach and Ohrdruf.
Donald Macleod draws alongside JS Bach as he travels from place to place throughout his life. In today’s programme we trace Bach’s life until the age of 15, the period in which he was living in the town of Eisenach and, after the death of his father, in Ohrdruf with his older brother. These are the years of his education, such as it was, when his excellence as an organist and a singer was first recognised.
Magnificat
La Chapelle Royale
Collegium Vocale
Philippe Herreweghe, conductor
Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G major
European Brandenburg Ensemble
Trevor Pinnock, conductor
Concerto in C major
i.Allegro
Marie-Claire Alain, organ
Partita No.1
i Praeludium
ii Allemande
iii Corrente
Glenn Gould, piano
Widerstehe doch der Sunde
Iestyn Davies, countertenor
Arcangelo
Jonathan Cohen, conductor
Capriccio on the Departure of his Most Beloved Brother
Wolfgang Rubsam, piano
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Magnificat in D major, BWV 243
Ensemble: La Chapelle Royale. Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.- HARMONIA MUNDI : HMC 901326.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G major, BWV 1048
Performer: Trevor Pinnock. Ensemble: European Brandenburg Ensemble.- AVIE AV2119.
- AVIE.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in C major for organ
Performer: Marie‐Claire Alain.- ERATO : 2292--45732-2.
- ERATO.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita No 1 in B flat major, BWV 825 for keyboard
Performer: Glenn Gould.- SONY : 52-609.
- SONY.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
"Widerstehe doch der Sunde" from Cantata BWV 54
Singer: Iestyn Davies. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.- HYPERION CDA68111.
- HYPERION.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Capriccio on the Departure of his Most Beloved Brother
Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam.- NAXOS 8.550692.
- NAXOS.
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- Mon 18 Feb 201912:00BBC Radio 3
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