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Composer of the Week:Johann Sebastian Bach

BBC Radio 3
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(1685-1750). 1: Keyboard Music. Two hundred and fifty years after his death the music of Johann Sebastian Bach is still perceived as the foundation stone of western classical music, In the first of this week's five programmes Donald Macleod explores Bach the keyboard player and composer. Italian Concerto in F. BWV971 Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)
English Suite in G minor, BWV808 Glenn Gould (piano)
Goldberg Variations, BWV988 (excerpts) Christophe Rousset (harpsichord)
Preludes and Fugues: in D; in D minor
(Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1); in F; in F minor (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2) Sviatoslav Richter (piano) Producer Kerry Chapman (R)
See Morning Performance 11.30am)

Contributors

Unknown:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Harpsichord:
Trevor Pinnock
Piano:
Glenn Gould
Harpsichord:
Christophe Rousset
Piano:
Sviatoslav Richter
Producer:
Kerry Chapman
Source: Radio Times

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