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Academy of Ancient Music - Bach Cantatas

Live from Milton Court Concert Hall in London, Martin Handley introces Bach cantatas for Lent and Passiontide played by the Academy of Ancient Music directed by Pavlo Beznosiuk.

Bach cantatas for Lent and Passiontide played by the Academy of Ancient Music directed by Pavlo Beznosiuk.

Introduced live from Milton Court Concert Hall in London by Martin Handley.

Bach: Cantata No 127 'Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott'; Cantata No 39 'Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot'

8.15 pm Interval: Glenn Gould plays Bach, from the newly remastered recordings

8.35 pm Part 2:
Bach: 'Ich lasse dich nicht' BWV Anh. 159; Cantata No 182 'Himmelsk枚nig, sei willkommen'

Academy of Ancient Music
Choir of the AAM
Directed by Pavlo Beznosiuk

Cantatas 39 and 127 date from Bach's early years at Leipzig, when he worked feverishly for the city churches of St Thomas and St Nicholas, producing three Cantata cycles for the church year. Cantata No.127 'Lord Jesus Christ, True Man and God' is for the Sunday before Lent, recalling events as Jesus approached Jerusalem for the last time. Cantata No.39 'Break your Bread for the Hungry', first performed in 1726, quotes the prophet Isaiah's exhortation to help the needy. 'Ich lasse dich nicht' ('I will not let you go unless you bless me') is an earlier work, thought to date from Bach's Weimar period, preserved in Bach's hand but possibly not composed by him. Cantata No.182 'King of Heaven, Welcome' was composed by Bach in Weimar for a Palm Sunday performance.

Pavlo Beznosiuk, leader of the Academy of Ancient Music, replaces Canadian conductor Bernard Labadie.

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Thu 24 Mar 2016 19:30
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Music Played

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    Prelude and Fugue in C BWV 846

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    Partita No.1 in Bb BW825

    Performer: Glenn Gould.

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    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
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Broadcast

  • Thu 24 Mar 2016 19:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3