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Composer of the Week: Bach's Sons -and a Cousin

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5/5. The London Bach: Johann Christian Bach
1735-82. "In a broader historical perspective he can be seen as a highly significant figure of his time, the chief master of the galant style, who produced music of elegance, formality and aptness for its social purpose, and was able to infuse it with both vigour and refined sensibility." (Ernest Warburton) Presented by Donald Macleod.
JC Bach Overture: La C/emenza di Scipione
The Hanover Band, conductor Anthony Halstead Si Nocte Tenebrosa MarkusSchafer (tenor),
L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra, conductor Michi Gaigg Quartet in G for violin, two cellos and keyboard Florilegium
Introit and Kyrie (Requiem) Gächinger Kantorei, Stuttgart Bach Collegium/Helmuth Rilling Repeated on Thursday at 12 midnight

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Unknown:
Johann Christian Bach
Presented By:
Donald MacLeod.
Conductor:
Anthony Halstead
Conductor:
Michi Gaigg
Source: Radio Times

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