Saturday 24 Dec
Martin Handley
Saturday 24 December 2005 7:00-9:00 (Radio 3)
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.
Playlist
07:03
J.S.Bach
3 Part Inventions in E flat, E and E minor, BWV 791-793
Kenneth Gilbert (harpsichord)
Archiv 415 112-2
Ts 20-22
07:10
J.S.Bach
Chorale: Nun Danket alle Gott BWV 386
Berlin Radio Choir
Teldec 3984 25712-2
CD 4 T 44 1'03"
07:11
J S Bach
Cantata No 192: Nun Danket all Gott
Helen Donath (soprano)
Niklaus Tuller (bass)
Frankfurter Kantorei
Bach Collegium Stuttgart
Conducted by Helmut Rilling
Laudate 98863 Ts 18-20
07:27
J.S.Bach
Pedal-Exercitium BWV 598
Simon Preston (Marcussen organ of Tonbridge School Chapel, Tonbridge)
DG 469 423-2 T 13
07:30'35
J.S.Bach
Sonata in B minor, BWV 1030
Aurele Nicolet (flute)
Karl Richter (harpsichord)
Archiv 427 113-2
Ts 1-3
07:49
J.S.Bach
Suite in B flat, BWV 821
Robert Hill (harpsichord)
Hanssler D 71087
CD 1 Ts 6-10
08:02
J.S.Bach
Choral: Mitten wir in Leben sind BWV 383
Choral: Nicht so traurig BWV 384
Berlin Radio Choir
Teldec 3984-25712-2
Ts 41-42
08:06
J.S.Bach
Chorale Prelude: Das alte Jahr vergangen ist BWV 1091
Peter Hurford (organ)
Decca 421 621-2
CD 1 T 3
08:10
J.S.Bach
Cantata No 122: Das neugeborne Kindelein BWV 122
Vasiljka Jezovsek (soprano)
Sarah Connolly (alto)
Mark Padmore (tenor)
Peter Kooy (bass)
Collegium Vocale
Directed by Philippe Herreweghe
Harmonia Mundi
CD 4 Ts 1-6
08:25
J.S.Bach
Concerto in F, BWV 1057
Andrei Gavrilov (piano)
Susan Milan & Lenor Smith (flutes)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Conducted by Sir Neville Marriner
EMI CDS 7476298
CD 2 Ts 7-9
08:43
J.S.Bach
Trio in D minor, BWV 583
Simon Preston (Klais organ of St John's Smith Square , London )
DG 469 426-2
T 8
08:49
J.S.Bach
Motet: Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt BWV Anh 160
BBC Singers
Richard Pearce (organ continuo)
Peter McCarthy (violone)
Conducted by Stephen Cleobury
