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The Joy of Bach

Tom Service celebrates The Joy of Bach.

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29 minutes

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Fri 3 Jan 2020 16:30
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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Canon cancrizans (Musical Offering, BWV1079)

    Performer: Gottried von der Goltz.
    • HANSSLER CLASSIC.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Die Kunst der Fuge (BWV.1080), no.9; Contrapunctus 9, alla duodecima

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • HYPERION.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    'Herr, unser Herrscher, dessen Ruhm' from Johannespassion BWV.245

    Performer: English Baroque Soloists. Performer: Monteverdi Choir. Performer: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • SDG.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue in B flat minor, BWV867

    Performer: John Butt.
    • LINN.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Gloria, Et in terra pax

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Magnificat in D, BWV 243

    Performer: English Baroque Soloists. Performer: Monteverdi Choir. Performer: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Piece d'orgue (Fantasia) in G major, BWV 572

    Performer: Marie‐Claire Alain.
    • ERATO.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fugue In C Minor, BWV 537

    Performer: Virgil Fox.
    • RCA Red Seal.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Gigue Fugue A

    Performer: Virgil Fox.
    • RCA Red Seal.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Komm, Jesu, komm (Come, Jesus, come, BWV 229)

    Performer: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Singers.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita for violin solo no. 3 (BWV.1006) in E major, 1. Prelude

    Performer: Isabelle Faust.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    St John Passion

    Performer: John Butt. Performer: Dunedin Consort.
    • ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms 2017.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christmas Oratorio - Cantata 1 - Chorus

    Performer: Dunedin Consort. Performer: John Butt.
    • Christmas Oratorio.
    • LINN.

Broadcasts

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  • Fri 3 Jan 2020 16:30
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