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Composer of the Week: Bach

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3. 1800-1880. Donald Macleod reveals how Mendelssohn's performance of the St Matthew Passion in 1829 marked the beginning of a huge revival of interest in Bach's music.
Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV84 7
(Well Tempered Clavier) Jeno Janda (piano) Overture: Orchestral Suite No 3 in D, BWV1068 English Baroque Soloists, conductor John Eliot Gardiner
St Matthew Passion (Part 1) (excerpt) (arr. Mendelssohn) Angela Kazimierczuk (soprano), Alison Browner (contralto),
Wilfried Jochens (tenor), Peter Lika (bass), Cologne Chorus Musicus,
Neue Orchester , conductor Christoph Spering Cantata No 106: Gottes Zeit 1st die
Allerbeste Zeit (Funeral Cantata)
Yoshikazu Mera (countertenor), Gerd Turk (tenor), Peter Kooy (bass), Japan Bach Collegium, conductor Masaaki Suzuki Repeated on Tuesday 30 December at 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Piano:
Jeno Janda
Conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner
Soprano:
Angela Kazimierczuk
Soprano:
Alison Browner
Tenor:
Wilfried Jochens
Tenor:
Peter Lika
Conductor:
Neue Orchester
Conductor:
Christoph Spering
Unknown:
Yoshikazu Mera
Tenor:
Gerd Turk
Tenor:
Peter Kooy
Conductor:
Masaaki Suzuki
Source: Radio Times

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