A major new series to mark the 250th anniversary of the death of Johann Sebastian Bach. Every Sunday throughout the year Bach's music will be set in context with comments and reflections from a host of Bach experts and enthusiasts.
1: A Portrait of Bach. Roger Savage introduces the first programme in the series, which paints a portrait of this most elusive of great composers. Distinguished Bach interpreters - including John Eliot Gardiner , Angela Hewitt , Joshua Rifkin and Rosalyn Tureck -give their personal reflections, drawing from contemporary anecdotes, biographies and, above all, his music. Producers Kate Bolton and Lindsay Kemp
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