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Composer of the Week: J S Bach in Leipzig

BBC Radio 3
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John Thornley presents music Bach wrote for the Collegium Musicum, which gave orchestral concerts under his direction at the coffee houses of Gottfried
Zimmerman.
Harpsichord Concerto in F minor (BWV 1056) Amsterdam Baroque
Orchestra, director Ton
Koopman (harpsichord)
Cantata No 211: Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht (Coffee Cantata)
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor) David Thomas (bass)
Academy of Ancient Music, director Christopher Hogwood
Suite No 3 in D (BWV 1068) La Petite Bande, director
Sigiswald Kuijken Rpt

Contributors

Unknown:
John Thornley
Soprano:
Emma Kirkby
Bass:
David Thomas
Director:
Christopher Hogwood
Source: Radio Times

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