5/5. Donald Macleod surveys the final months of Bach's first year in Leipzig, including a major project for Good Friday 1724.
Ach, mein Sinn (StJohn Passion, BWV245) Makoto Sakurada (tenor), Bach Collegium Japan, director Masaaki Suzuki
Cantata No 12: Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen William Towers (countertenor),
Mark Padmore (tenor), Julian Clarkson (bass), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, conductor John Eliot Gardiner
Cantata No 86: Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch Sibylla Rubens (soprano), Bernhard Landauer (countertenor), Christoph Pregardien (tenor), Klaus Mertens (bass), Amsterdam Baroque
Orchestra and Choir, conductor Ton Koopman
Cantata No 165: 0 heilges Geist- und Wasserbad Carolina Stamm (soprano), Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Paul Agnew (tenor),
Klaus Mertens (bass), Amsterdam Baroque Choir and Orchestra, conductor Ton Koopman Rptd 8.45pm