Spirit of Bach Mixtape
This all-Bach mixtape dares to venture into the mind of the elderly, reflective Johann Sebastian Bach, to walk in his shoes as he reminisces about a life's work.
To mark the Spirit of Bach season this special In Tune Mixtape tries to capture that very spirit. This all-Bach mixtape dares to venture into the mind of the elderly, reflective Johann Sebastian Bach, to walk in his shoes as he reminisces about a life's work; perhaps even imagining how future musicians might reinvent his music, just as he did himself, time and time again.
In 30 minutes it takes in the B minor mass, a keyboard Partita, a cello Suite, a Cantata, an organ chorale, a Brandenburg Concerto, the St Matthew Passion, The Art of Fugue and a violin Partita, all of it knitted together with the Air from the Orchestral Suite No 3. If you like, it's an invitation to take the air with Bach.
Narrated by Horatio Clare.
Produced by Philip Barrett.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major, BWV1068: II. Air
Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.- ALIA VOX.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Sanctus (Mass In B Minor Bwv.232)
Choir: BalthasarβNeumannβChor. Orchestra: Freiburg Barockorchester. Director: Thomas Hengelbrock.- Deutsche Harmonia Mundi DHM 05472 773802.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major, BWV1068: II. Air
Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.- ALIA VOX.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Partita No 1 in B flat major, BWV825: I. Prelude
Performer: Richard Egarr.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No 6 in D major, BWV 1012 (Gavotte 1 and 2)
Performer: YoβYo Ma.- J. S. Bach, The Cello Suites: Yo-Yo Ma.
- Sony Classical.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata BWV170, 'VergnΓΌgte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust': V. 'Mir ekelt mehr zu lebe
Singer: Andreas Scholl. Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Chorale Prelude BWV726, 'Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend'
Performer: MarieβClaire Alain.- Erato.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major, BWV1068: II. Air
Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.- ALIA VOX.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No 5, BWV1050: I. Allegro
Ensemble: Musica Antiqua KΓΆln. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.- DG Archiv.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
St Matthew Passion, BWV244: Part 1, 'Und siehe, einer aus denen, die mit Jesu waren'
Singer: Ian Bostridge. Singer: Franz-Josef Selig. Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
The Art of Fugue, BWV1080: Contrapunctus 1
Ensemble: Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet.- Channel Classics.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Komm, sΓΌΓer Tod, BWV478
Performer: Christian Schmitt. Singer: Magdalena KoΕΎenΓ‘.- DG.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Komm, sΓΌΓer Tod, BWV478 (arranged for orchestra)
Music Arranger: Leopold Stokowski. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.- Chandos.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Immortal Bach (based on Komm, sΓΌΓer Tod, BWV478)
Choir: Norwegian Soloists' Choir. Ensemble: Ensemble Allegria. Conductor: Grete Pedersen.- BIS.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita no.3 in E major BWV.1006 (Gigue)
Performer: Viktoria Mullova.- Bach: 6 Sonatas & Partitas.
- Onyx.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No.3: II. Air, BWV1068
Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.- ALIA VOX.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major, BWV1068: II. Air
Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.- ALIA VOX.
Broadcasts
- Mon 18 Dec 2017 19:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
- Christmas Day 2017 00:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
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