Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Simon Standage and Micaela Comberti (violins) Barbara Bonney and Catherine Pierard (sopranos) James Bowman (counter-tenor) Christoph Pregardien (tenor) David Thomas (bass)
Choir of New College, Oxford conductor Edward Higginbottom
Academy of Ancient Music conductor Christopher Hogwood
Bach Suite No 4 in D (BWV1069)
Motet: Komm, Jesu, Komm (BWV229)
Concerto in D minor for two violins (BWV1043)
8.25 Michael Oliver investigates the job of Cantor at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig, past and present.
8.45 Bach Magnificat in D (BWV243)
(Simultaneous Broadcast with BBC2)