András Schiff plays Bach's The Art of Fugue

The Hungarian-born British pianist András Schiff performs the entirety of Bach's masterwork The Art of Fugue, which he described as 'the greatest work by the greatest composer who ever lived.' Played at the 2025 BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall. Jonathan Swain presents.

12:31 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
The Art of Fugue, BWV.1080
András Schiff (piano), Schaghajegh Nosrati (piano)

01:47 AM
Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782)
Quintet for flute, oboe, violin, viola & basso continuo in G major, Op 11 no 2
Les Adieux

01:55 AM
Graeme Koehne (b.1956)
To His servant, Bach, God Grants a Final Glimpse: The Morning Star
Guitar Trek

02:00 AM
Helena Winkelman (b.1974)
Concerto for Two Recorders and Strings
Camerata Variabile Basel, Helena Winkelman (conductor)

02:16 AM
Johann Ernst Bach (1722-1777)
Meine Seele erhebt den Herrn (motet)
Martina Lins (soprano), Silke Weisheit (alto), Martin Schmitz (tenor), Hans-Georg Wimmer (bass), Rheinische Kantorei, Das Kleine Konzert, Hermann Max (conductor)

02:31 AM
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Gaspard de la nuit for piano
Anna Vinnitskaya (piano)

02:53 AM
Ruth Gipps (1921-1999)
Wind Sinfonietta, Op 73
BBC National Orchestra of Wales (conductor), Jonathan Bloxham (conductor)

03:12 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra (K.191) in B flat major
Audun Halvorsen (bassoon), Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Andrew Manze (conductor)

03:31 AM
Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki (1665-1734)
Litaniae de providential divina
Olga Pasiecznik (soprano), Marta Bobertska (soprano), Piotr Lykowski (counter tenor), Wojciech Parchem (tenor), Mirosław Borczyński (baritone), Sine Nomine Chamber Choir, Concerto Polacco, Marek Toporowski (conductor)

03:42 AM
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Serenade for Strings, Op 20
Royal Academy Soloists, Clio Gould (director)

03:54 AM
Franz Liszt (1811-1886), Eduard Lassen (librettist)
Löse Himmel, meine seele, S.494
Sylviane Deferne (piano)

04:00 AM
Mel Bonis (1858-1938)
Suite Orientale, Op 48 no 2: Prelude & Danse d'almees
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Rumon Gamba (conductor)

04:07 AM
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Sonata no 2 in B flat major, Z.791
Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko (director)

04:14 AM
Giovanni Bottesini (1821-1889)
Tarantella
Gary Karr (double bass), Harmon Lewis (piano)

04:20 AM
Otto Nicolai (1810-1849)
Overture to "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Marko Munih (conductor)

04:31 AM
Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)
Ave Generosa
Orpheus Women's Choir, Albert Wissink (director)

04:37 AM
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665-1729)
Sonata in D major for 2 violins and continuo
Musica Fiorita, Daniela Dolci (director)

04:45 AM
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Hymn and Triumphal March, from Aida
WDR Funkhausorchester, Rasmus Baumann (conductor)

04:53 AM
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), arr. Franz Liszt
Paraphrase on Rigoletto
Michele Campanella (piano)

05:00 AM
Peter Machajdík (b.1961)
Danube Afterpoint
Ricercata Ensemble, Ivan Siller (director)

05:17 AM
Louis-Nicolas Clerambault (1676-1749)
Pirame et Tisbe (1710)
Gilles Ragon (tenor), Ensemble Amalia

05:34 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Violin Concerto in D major (Op.61)
Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken, Michael Stern (conductor)

06:15 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
4 Songs for women's voices, 2 horns and harp, Op 17
Danish National Radio Choir, Leif Lind (horn), Per McClelland Jacobsen (horn), Catriona Yeats (harp), Stefan Parkman (conductor)