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Katie Derham presents Baroque masterworks. Charpentier: Te Deum. Bach: Toccata and Fugue, BWV540. Telemann: Overture-Suite, BWV593. Marais: Les folies d'Espagne.

Katie Derham today spotlights some early works by JS Bach and some masterworks of the French Baroque as part of Baroque Spring. The choir which Bach himself conducted is heard in a joyful motet recorded in St Thomas's Church Leipzig and the famous 'Eurovision' trumpet fanfare which begins Charpentier's Te Deum is heard in the glorious acoustic of the Basilica of St Denis, the burial place of a host of French kings.

2pm
Charpentier Te Deum in D
Amel Brahim-Djelloul and Claire Lefilliâtre, (soprano), Jean-François Lombard (alto), Mathias Vidal (tenor), Benoît Arnould (bass), Les Cris de Paris, Le Poème Harmonique, Vincent Dumestre (director)

2.20pm
Bach Toccata and Fugue in F, BWV 540
Ulrich Böhme, Bach organ of St Thomas Church, Leipzig

Bach Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, motet, BWV 225
St Thomas Choir and Leipzig University Chorus, Georg Christoph Biller (conductor)

2.45pm
Telemann Overture-Suite in B flat, TWV 55:B5 ('Les Nations')
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Georg Kallweit (director)

3.10pm
Bach Organ Concerto in A minor, BWV 593 (after Vivaldi)
Pier Damiano Peretti, historic organ of Stiftskirche, Ossiach

3.25
Bach Cantata 'Aus der Tiefe rufe ich, Herr, zu dir', BWV 131
Julian Prégardien (tenor), Markus Werba (baritone), Bavarian Radio Chorus and SO, Giovanni Antonini (conductor)

3.50pm Marais Les Folies d'Espagne, from 'Pièces de viole, 2nd edition'
Simone Eckert (viola da gamba), Ulrich Wedemeier (theorbo)

4.10pm Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D, BWV 1050
Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin, Georg Kallweit (director).

2 hours, 30 minutes

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Mon 4 Mar 2013 14:00

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Music Played

  • Marc‐Antoine Charpentier

    Te Deum in D

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata and Fugue in F, BWV 540/Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, motet, BWV 225

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture-Suite in B flat, TWV 55:B5 ('Les Nations')

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Organ Concerto in A minor, BWV 593 (after Vivaldi)

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata 'Aus der Tiefe rufe ich, Herr, zu dir', BWV 131

  • Marin Marais

    Les Folies d'Espagne, from 'Pièces de viole, 2nd edition'

  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Sonata in D minor

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D, BWV 1050

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  • Mon 4 Mar 2013 14:00