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With Richard Baker. When Bach was appointed Kantor at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig, he was only the third choice for the job. He submitted his Cantata No 22 for his application. Over the next quarter of a century, he rowed frequently with the Town Council, wrote prodigious j quantities of church and other music, became renowned across Europe as a a composer and organist, and produced 13 children. He often reused secular music in a sacred context, as in the Epiphany section
I of the Christmas Oratorio. Producer Andrew Lyle

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Richard Baker.
Producer:
Andrew Lyle

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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