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Johann Sebastian Bach has long been called "the fifth evangelist", his music displaying a sense of fervent devotion to the biblical texts he set. His ambition to compose vast cycles of sacred music for every feast in the church year, has left us with over 200 cantatas as well as magnificent choral works including the St. John and St. Matthew Passion, Christmas Oratorio and B Minor Mass. He is heralded as one of the greatest composers of all time, his music finding a place within the hearts and souls of all those who experience it. But who was the man behind the music? What did he think, feel and believe? What inspired him and what drove him to write such ground-breaking compositions? Professor John Butt, Bach scholar and director of the Dunedin Consort explores Bach's life and work. He considers the composer's motivation and his character speaking to composers and musicians in order to delve into Bach's personality and purpose. Gathering together the evidence available to us today, he attempts to reconstruct something of this musical great in all his complexity; this man who revolutionised the music of his time but, all the while, looked beyond, dedicating each composition "to the glory of God alone". Producer: Katharine Longworth MUSIC: Ei! wie schmeckt der Coffee süße JS Bach: Coffee Cantata, BWV 211 Christopher Hogwood The Academy of Ancient Music Soprano: Emma Kirkby C Major Prelude JS Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 Badinerie JS Bach: Suite No.2 in B Minor Sir Neville Marriner Academy Of St Martin-in-the-Fields Aus Liebe JS Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV 244 Jeffrey Thomas American Bach Soloists Soprano: Catherine Bott Erbarme dich mein Gott JS Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV 244 Nikolaus Harnoncourt Concentus musicus Wien Alto: Bernarda Fink Das Wort sie sollen lassen stahn JS Bach: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 80 Masaaki Suzuki Bach Collegium Japan Herr, dein Mitleid, dein Erbarmen JS Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 Stephen Layton Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Trinity College Choir Cambridge Soprano: Katherine Watson Bass: Matthew Brook Bereite dich, Zion, mit zärtlichen Trieben JS Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 Stephen Layton Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Trinity College Choir Cambridge Countertenor: Iestyn Davies Prelude JS Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 Oeffne dich JS Bach: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61 City Bach Collective Soprano: Nicola Corbishley Organ: Simon Lloyd Herr, unser Herrscher,dessen Ruhm JS Bach: St. John Passion BWV 245 Masaaki Suzuki Bach Collegium Japan Kyrie Eleison JS Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 John Butt Dunedin Consort and Players Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder JS Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV 244 John Butt Dunedin Consort & Players Badinerie JS Bach: Suite No. 2 in B Minor The Swingle Singers.