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Composer of the Week: Bach

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2/5. Today Donald Macleod looks at two of Bach's works that have a hint of the Italian about them; and also at one of the pinnacles of western art: the St Matthew Passion.
Concerto in the Italian Style in F, BWV971 Angela Hewitt (piano)
St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part 2 (excerpt) Gerd Turk (tenor: Evangelist), Peter Kooy (bass: Christ), Japan Bach Collegium, conductor Masaaki Suzuki
Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat, BWV1051 La Petite Bande, director Sigiswald Kuijken Repeated on Monday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Piano:
Angela Hewitt
Tenor:
Gerd Turk
Bass:
Peter Kooy
Conductor:
Masaaki Suzuki
Source: Radio Times

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