(1685-1750)
The Young Bach
It is often assumed that genius comes prepacked and fully formed, but Bach's youthful life and works show him to be reassuringly human: headstrong and exasperating, but nevertheless brilliant. Kirsteen McCue traces his early years, when he managed to hold down his first job and got into a fight with a bassoonist. Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV565 Bernard Foccroulle (organ)
Partita Diverse sopra Christe, der Du Bist der Helle Tag, BWV766 No 1 Jean-Patrice Brosse (organ)
Cantata No 106: Gottes Zeit 1st der
Allerbeste Zeit Soloists, Leonhardt Consort , director Gustav Leonhardt Allein Gott in der Hoh' sei Ehr, BWV715 Hans Fagius (organ) Capriccio in B flat, BWV992 Tatiana Nikolaeva (piano) Producer David McGuiness
Repeated next Monday 12 midnight