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A journey to Bach's Cello Suite No. 1

Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps the musical landscape surrounding JS Bach's Cello Suite No.1, including the junk shops of late 19th century Barcelona where the score was 'rediscovered'.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps the musical landscape surrounding JS Bach's Cello Suite No.1, one of the most treasured works in the cello repetoire. The junk shops of late 19th century Barcelona - where the score was 'rediscovered' by a young Pablo Casals - is one stop, along with Bizet's Paris. En route, Sara explores dance forms with Mozart and folk ensemble Lau, Liszt's transcendentalism and the mechanical studies of the enigmatic composer Conlon Nancarrow.

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1 hour, 29 minutes

Last on

Sun 23 Nov 202513:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude in C major (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I)

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • DG.

  • Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington

    Prelude To A Kiss

    • Essential Jazz Classics.

  • Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Suite no.1 in D minor (Pieces de clavecin): II Allemande

    Performer: Elisabetta Guglielmin.
    • Aevea.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Suite in C major K399: III Courante

    Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Sarabande (Barry Lyndon)

    Music Arranger: Leonard Rosenman. Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Bateman.
    • Silva Screen.

  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Trio in G minor op.17: III scherzo (tempo di minuetto)

    Ensemble: Seraphim Trio.
    • ABC Records.

  • Aidan O’Rourke

    The Jigs

    Composer: Kris Drever. Composer: Martin Green. Composer: Joe Scurfield. Ensemble: Lau.
    • Compass Records.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Fantasia No 6 in D Minor

    Performer: Genevieve Lacey.
    • ABC Classics.

  • Eugène Ysaÿe

    6 Sonatas for Violin Solo, op.27 no.1 in G minor: IV Finale con brio

    Performer: Hilary Hahn.
    • DG.

  • Franz Liszt

    Transcendental Etudes II. Molto vivace

    Performer: Daniil Trifonov.
    • DG.

  • Conlon Nancarrow

    Studies for Player Piano: Study no.6

    Music Arranger: Yvar Mikhashoff. Ensemble: Ensemble Modern. Conductor: Ingo Metzmacher.
    • RCA.

  • Georges Bizet

    Symphony in C major: IV Finale

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Erato.

  • Pau Casals

    O Vos Omnes

    Choir: Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge. Conductor: Mark Williams.
    • Signum.

  • Carl Friedrich Abel

    Prelude

    Performer: Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.

  • Max Richter

    The Departure

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • Sony.

  • Paul McCartney

    Because

    Performer: The Beatles. Composer: John Lennon.
    • Apple.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite no.1 in G major

    Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Richard Lloyd

    View me, Lord

    Choir: Choir of St. Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow. Conductor: Frikki Walker.

Broadcast

  • Sun 23 Nov 202513:30
    BBC Radio 3