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Including a reconstruction of Bach's St Mark Passion, and his final, and unfinished, contrapuntal masterpiece - The Art of Fugue.

Playlist

12.00am
St Mark Passion, BWV 247 (reconstructed Heighes)
Evangelist ...... Rogers Covey-Crump
Jesus ...... Gordon Jones
Connor Burrowes (soprano)
David James (alto)
Paul Agnew (tenor)
Teppo Tolonen (baritone)
The Ring Ensemble of Finland
European Union Baroque Orchestra
Roy Goodman (conductor)

1.44am
Canon trias harmonica, BWV 1072; Canon super fa mi a 7, post tempus musicum, BWV 1078; Canon concordia discors, BWV 1086
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel (violin/director)

1.49am
Cantata No 100: Was Gott tut, das is wohlgetan
Malin Hartelius (soprano)
William Towers (alto)
James Gilchrist (tenor)
Peter Harvey (bass)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (director)

2.10am
Fantasia in G, BWV 571; Fantasia in Cm, BWV 1121 (BWV anhalt 205)
Ton Koopman (Arp Schnitger organ of Michaelskerk, Groningen)

2.21am
Cantata No 197: Gott ist unsre Zuversicht
Ruth Holton (soprano)
Sytse Buwalda (alto)
Bas Ramselaar (bass)
Holland Boys' Choir
Netherlands Bach Collegium
Pieter Jan Leusink (director)

2.49am
Cantata fragment 197a: Ehre sei Gott
Michael Volle (bass)
Gächinger Kantorei
Bach Collegium Stuttgart
Helmuth Rilling (director)

2.56am
Art of Fugue, BWV 1080
Fugue for 2 claviers (from Contrapunctus 13)
Andreas Staier, Robert Hill (harpsichord)

3.01am
Credo in unum Deum, BWV 1081; Suscepit Israel (after Caldara), BWV 1082
Gächinger Kantorei
Bach Collegium Stuttgart
Helmuth Rilling (conductor)

3.04am
Cantata fragment 120a: Herr Gott, Beherrscher aller Dinge
Ingeborg Danz (alto)
Marcus Ullmann (tenor)
Andreas Schmidt (bass)
Gächinger Kantorei
Bach Collegium Stuttgart/Helmuth Rilling

3.20am
Prelude in G, BWV 568; Fugue in G, BWV 576
Christopher Herrick (Metzler organ of Stadtkirche, St Michael, Rheinfelden in Switzerland)

3.27am
Cantata Fragment No 36b: Die Freude reget sich
Christiane Oelze (soprano)
Ingeborg Danz (alto)
Marcus Uhlmann (tenor)
Gächinger Kantorei
Bach Collegium Stuttgart/Helmuth Rilling

3.35am
Prelude & Fugue in G, BWV 541
Marie-Claire Alain (Christian Muller organ, St Bavokerk, Haarlem)

3.42am
Sacred Songs
Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen, BWV 495; Mein Jesu, dem die Seraphinen, BWV 496; Mein Jesu! das vor Seelenweh, BWV 497; Nicht so traurig, nicht so sehr, BWV 499
Barbara Schlick (soprano)
Klaus Mertens (bass)
Bob van Asperen (keyboards)
Wouter Moller (cello)

3.52am
Art of Fugue, BWV 1080, Contrapuncti 1, 3, 6 & 7
Arte dei Suonatori
Alan Rasmussen (organ)

4.07am
Chorales Der Tag, das ist so freudenreich, BWV 294
Christus, der uns selig macht, BWV 283
Nordic Chamber Choir, ensemble
Nicol Matt
Chorale Preludes, BWV 719 & 620
Christopher Herrick (organ)

4.14am
Art of Fugue, BWV 1080, Contrapuncti 16 & 14
Arte dei Suonatori
Alan Rasmussen (organ)

4.23am
Cantata No 171: Gott, wie dein Name
Helmut Wittek (soprano)
Panito Iconomou (alto)
Kurt Equiluz (tenor)
Robert Holl (bass)
Tolz Boys' Choir
Concentus Musicus Vienna/ Nikolaus Harnoncourt

4.39am
Art of Fugue, BWV 1080, Contrapuncti 8, 11 & 5
Arte dei Suonatori, Alan Rasmussen (organ)

4.56am
Sacred Songs
So gibst du nun, mein Jesu, BWV 501
So wünsch ich mir zu guter Letzt, BWV 502
Steh ich bei meinem Gott, BWV 503
Vergiss mei nicht, BWV 504
Barbara Schlick (soprano)
Klaus Mertens (bass)
Bob van Asperen (keyboards)
Wouter Moller (cello)

5.06am
Chorale Preludes
Allein Gott in die Höh sei Ehr, BWV 711
In dich hat ich gehofet, Herr, BWV 712
Fantasia super Jesu meine Freude, BWV 713
Peter Hurford (Ronald Sharp - organ of Knox Grammar School Chapel, Sydney, Australia)

5.15am
A selection of Chorales: BWV 403-407
O Mensch, schau Jesum Christum an BWV 403; O Traurigkeit, O Herzeleid, BWV 404; O wie selig seid ihr doch, ihr Frommen, BWV 405 & 406; O wir armen Sunden, BWV 407
Nordic Chamber Choir, ensemble/ Nicol Matt

5.20am
Art of Fugue, BWV 1080, Contrapuncti 4, 2 & 13
Arte dei Suonatori
Alan Rasmussen (organ)

5.34am
Cantata No 72: Alles nur nach Gottes Willen
Maria Friesehausen (soprano)
Barbara Scherler (alto)
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)

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




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