A Bach Christmas

Sunday 25 Dec

Donald Macleod and John Eliot Gardiner

Sunday 25 December 2005 12:00-13:30 (Radio 3)

Donald and John conclude their survey of Bach's sacred cantatas, with a celebration of Christmas through works written for the season and originally performed as part of Bach's Leipzig cantata cycles.

Duration:

1 hour 30 minutes

Playlist

Cantata No 91: Gelobet seist du, Jesus Christ
Katharine Fuge (soprano)
Robin Tyson (alto)
James Gilchrist (tenor)
Peter Harvey (bass)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (director)
SDG 113 T1-6

Cantata No 121: Christum wir sollen loben schon
Markus Huber (treble)
Paul Esswood (counter-tenor)
Kurt Equiluz (tenor)
Philippe Huttenlocher (bass)
Tölz Boys Choir
Concentus Musicus Wien
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (director)
TELDEC 242 609-2ZL CD1 T7-12

Cantata No 191: Gloria in Excelsis Deo
Ileana Cotrubas (soprano)
Kurt Equiluz (tenor)
Kantorei Barmen-Gemarke
German Bach Soloists
Helmut Winschermann (conductor)
PHILIPS 4543462 T1-3

Cantata No 63: Christen, atzet diesen Tag
Ann Monoyios (soprano)
Sara Mingardo (contralto)
Rufus Müller (tenor)
Stephan Loges (bass)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (director)
ARCHIV 463 589-2 T1-7

A Bach Christmas

Episode and Playlist Information

• Sunday 25 Dec
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