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06/03/2012

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Bach's Choir

Stephen Evans traces the 800-year history of the boys' choir of St Thomas' Church, Leipzig

4 Extra Debut. Stephen Evans traces the 800-year history of the St Thomas Church boys' choir of Leipzig, from the days of JS Bach through Mendelssohn, war years and communism.

Stephen Evans traces the 800 year history of the the boys choir of St Thomas' Church Leipzig, from the days of J S Bach through Mendelssohn, the war years and communism. 

St Thomas' is a remarkable choir. One of the oldest in Europe it was traditionally formed from the less privileged children of the area and developed a unique sound and technical excellence that J S Bach exploited to the full in his 20 years as its music master. Since then the choir has treasured the musical traditions of its early years and defended the elite musical education of the boys and the performance of Bach's works as he would have heard them, surviving the Nazi years and atheist communism too.

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