1/5. In May 1723 Bach and his family moved to
Leipzig. Donald Macleod looks at Bach's audition for the position of Cantor at St Thomas's School. Ertöt uns durch dein Cute (Cantata No 22: Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe) Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir, conductor Ton Koopman
Cantata No 23: Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn Barbara Schlick (soprano), Elisabeth von Magnus (mezzo), Paul Agnew (tenor), Klaus Mertens (bass), Amsterdam Baroque Choir and Orchestra, conductor Ton Koopman
Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten
(Cantata No 59) Magdalena Kozena (soprano), Peter Harvey (bass), English Baroque Soloists, conductor John Eliot Gardiner
Cantata No 75: Die Elenden sollen Essen
Gillian Keith (soprano), Wilke te Brummelstroete (mezzo), Paul Agnew (tenor), Dietrich Henschel (bass), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, conductor John Eliot Gardiner Producer David Dwight Repeated at 8.45pm
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