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The Bach Hour

The Ascension Oratorio


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Matthew Halls leads the Retrospect Ensemble in Bach's Ascension Oratorio (translation), and Peter Sykes and Mahan Esfahani perform a harpsichord concerto.

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The Bach Hour

Trevor Pinnock in Boston


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Trevor Pinnock leads the Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra in concert, and Ton Koopman conducts the Cantata No. 86 (translation).

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The Bach Hour

Brazilian Flair in a French Suite


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The Brasil Guitar Duo performs in concert at the Rockport Chamber Music Festival, and John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Cantata No. 166 (translation).

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Classical Concerts

Mozart and the Levins


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Martin Pearlman directs a concert featuring the husband-and-wife team of Robert Levin and Ya-fei Chuang in an All-Mozart program.

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The Bach Hour

The Play of Opposites: Suzuki's Cantata No. 103


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Masaaki Suzuki conducts Bach's Cantata No. 103 (translation), and the English Baroque Soloists perform the Triple Concerto.

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The Bach Hour

Alina Ibragimova's Partita No. 2


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The British-based violinist traverses one of Bach's most emotionally powerful works, and John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Cantata No. 85 (translation).

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CNE Journal

Patriots and Heroes


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Boston Camerata Artistic Director Anne Azéma explores early American music in a preview of the ensemble's Patriots Day concert.
The Bach Hour

David Fray's French Suite


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The French pianist performs a piece with a personal connection for Bach, and Christophe Coin directs the Cantata No. 6 (translation).
The Bach Hour

A Burst of Colors in the Easter Oratorio


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Matthew Halls leads the Retrospect Ensemble in Bach's vibrant, riveting Easter Oratorio (translation).

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Classical Concerts

Bach's St. Matthew Passion, in Concert from Symphony Hall


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Harry Christophers conducts the pinnacle of J.S. Bach's music at Boston's Symphony Hall.

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Boston Symphony Orchestra

Leonidas Kavakos Plays and Conducts Bach


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The Greek violinist plays a dual role for Bach's D minor concerto and conducts music by Lutoslawski and Beethoven.

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CNE Journal

The Passion, Ancient and Modern


By Brian McCreath
The Handel and Haydn Society and Boston Modern Orchestra Project explore the story of the Passion through both the greatest of composers and the music of our time.
The Bach Hour

Harry Christophers on the St. Matthew Passion


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The Artistic Director of Boston's Handel and Haydn Society talks with host Brian McCreath about the pinnacle of Bach's sacred music (translation).
The Bach Hour

Lara St. John and Marie-Pierre Langlamet


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The violinist and harpist bring new colors to Bach's Violin Sonata No. 1, and John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Cantata No. 150 (translation)
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CLASSICAL NEW ENGLAND

Revisit Bach Month


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In March, Classical New England brought you the cornerstone composer's music in special broadcasts, daily vignettes, concert recommendations, a continuous stream, and more.
Drive Time Live

Pianists Ya-Fei Chuang and Robert Levin


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The wife and husband team talk with host Cathy Fuller about Mozart's music and their performances with Boston Baroque.
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The Bach Hour

Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers in Bach's Double


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TICKETS TO A BACH CELEBRATION AT CLASSICAL NEW ENGLAND
Meyers uses two Stradavarius violins in one of Bach's instrumental masterpieces, and Thomas Gropper conducts the Cantata No. 131 (translation).
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The Bach Hour

Simone Dinnerstein's "Something Almost Being Said"


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The pianist talks about her new recording with host Brian McCreath, and Vocalconsort Berlin performs Jesu, meine Freude (translation).
Tomorrow at 6am and 5pm on Classical New England
The Bach Hour

Albrecht Mayer Creates a New Bach Concerto


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The Principal Oboist of the Berlin Philharmonic finds solo music in a Bach cantata, and Philippe Herreweghe directs the Cantata No. 127 (translation).
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Classical Concerts

The Game of Love


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Boston Camerata performs medieval music of courtly love in concert.
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Drive Time Live

Richard Egarr Performs Couperin


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The British harpsichordist visits Classical New England with music by Henry Purcell and Louis Couperin, previewing a concert presented by Boston Early Music Festival.
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The Bach Hour

A Modern Transcription for an Ancient Instrument


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Recorder soloist Erik Bosgraaf performs a concerto by Bach, and John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Cantata No. 144 (translation).
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The Bach Hour

Andreas Scholl Sings Ich habe genug


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The German countertenor talks with host Brian McCreath about music, life, and Bach, and sings the Cantata No. 82 (translation).
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The Bach Hour

Salonen Conducts Schoenberg's Vision


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Esa-Pekka Salonen and the L.A. Philharmonic paint a vibrant Bach Prelude and Fugue, and Masaaki Suzuki conducts the Cantata No. 73 (translation).
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CNE Journal

Remembering Gustav Leonhardt


By James David Jacobs
How an unexpected encounter opened up the very human side of a music legend.
The Bach Hour

Perahia Plays Bach


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Murray Perahia is soloist and director for the Keyboard Concerto No. 3, and Ton Koopman directs the Cantata No. 155 (translation).
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New England Summer Festivals

Early Music in the Berkshires


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Classical New England takes you to the Aston Magna Music Festival.
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The Bach Hour

An Epiphany Cantata At St. Nicholas, Leipzig


John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Cantata No. 123 (translation) at a church with a remarkable history.
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Classical Concerts

New Year's Day with Boston Baroque, from Sanders Theatre


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Join Martin Pearlman, Boston Baroque, and Classical New England to ring in 2012, live from Sanders Theatre in Cambridge.
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The Bach Hour

An Explosion of Joy for Christmas


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Philippe Herreweghe conducts Bach's Christmas Cantata No. 63 (translation), and Angela Hewitt performs the English Suite No. 4.
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The Bach Hour

Bach's Music for the Season, on a Legendary Organ


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Hear one of Bach's favorite pipe organs in variations on an Advent hymn, and the Cantata No. 132 (translation).
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CNE Journal

Messiah In Our Time


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By Brian McCreath
How did a two-and-a-half century-old piece of music written for Lent become an iconic Christmas tradition of our time?
Drive Time Live

Boston Camerata's The Sacred Bridge


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Anne Azéma and Boston Camerata explore the intersection of Christian, Jewish, and Muslim music in medieval Europe.
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The Bach Hour

Bach on Guitar


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Stephan Schmidt performs the Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro, and Christophe Coin directs the Cantata No. 115 (translation).
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Classical Concerts

Gardiner Conducts Beethoven at Carnegie Hall


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By Brian Wise
John Eliot Gardiner and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique perform Egmont Overture and the Fifth and Seventh Symphonies in concert at Carnegie Hall.
Thursday at 7pm on Classical New England
The Bach Hour

Bach's Tapestry of Sound


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J.S. Bach's Cantata No. 109 uses the interlacing of sound to create a picture of belief in a performance conducted by John Eliot Gardiner.
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Drive Time Live

Apollo's Fire


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The Cleveland-based early music ensemble visits our Fraser Performance Studio for a preview of their Nov. 5 concert, presented by Boston Early Music Festival.
Today at 7pm on Classical New England
The Bach Hour

Koopman Conducts a Reformation Cantata


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Ton Koopman and Amsterdam Baroque perform Bach's Cantata No. 79 (translation), and the American Bach Soloists perform the Brandenburg Concerto No. 1.
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The Bach Hour

One Work, Two Worlds: The Cantata No. 169 and Harpsichord Concerto in E


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Bernarda Fink sings the Cantata No. 169 (translation), and Christophe Rousset performs the cantata's sister concerto for harpsichord.
Arias and Barcarolles

Carolyn Sampson In Concert


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The British soprano performs Purcell and Lawes at the Boston Early Music Festival.
The Bach Hour

Mark Padmore Sings Bach


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The British tenor navigates the dramatic emotional terrain of Bach's music in the Cantata No. 114 (translation) with conductor John Eliot Gardiner.
The Bach Hour

Helen Callus's Bach on Viola


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The British violist performs the Cello Suite No. 1, and Philippe Herreweghe conducts the Cantata No. 161 (translation).
The Bach Hour

Harnoncourt Conducts The Ebulliant Cantata 29


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Nikolaus Harnoncourt leads Concentus Musicus in Bach's celebratory Cantata No. 29 (translation), in concert at the Musikverein.
The Bach Hour

Jeremy Denk Plays Bach


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The American pianist performs Bach's Partita No. 4, and John Eliot Gardiner conducts the effervescent Cantata No. 17 (translation).

Classical Music with Brian McCreath

Harry Christophers on Handel and Haydn's New Season


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The Artistic Director of Boston's Handel and Haydn Society talks with Brian McCreath about this weekend's season opening concerts with Kristian Bezuidenhout and more.
The Bach Hour

Ryan Turner On Cantata No. 12


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The Artistic Director of Emmanuel Music joins Brian McCreath for one of Bach's most gripping works, the Cantata No. 12 (translation), and a preview of the upcoming season.
The Bach Hour

Pain and Transcendence in Morimur


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Violinist Christoph Poppen and the Hilliard Ensemble combine for a performance that's both searing and consoling.
Classical Concerts

Boston Baroque's Les Indes Galantes


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Hear Rameau's extravagent opera performed in concert with music director Martin Pearlman.
The Bach Hour

The Mystery And Intimacy Of The Lute


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Rolf Lislevand performs a suite for lute, and Masaaki Suzuki conducts the fearsome Cantata No. 46 (translation).
The Bach Hour

From Fear To Confidence In The Cantata 105


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Amsterdam Baroque and conductor Ton Koopman perform the Cantata No. 105 (translation), and Alison Balsom plays a concerto for trumpet.

The Bach Hour

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II


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Richard Egarr performs Preludes and Fugues from Book II of the Well-Tempered Clavier, and John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Cantata No. 45 (translation).

The Bach Hour

Suzuki's Brandenburg, In Concert


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Masaaki Suzuki and Bach Collegium Japan perform the Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in concert, and the Cantata No. 186 (translation).
The Bach Hour

The Joy Of Devotion


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John Eliot Gardiner conducts Bach's Cantata No. 9 (translation), and Masaaki Suzuki leads the Orchestral Suite No. 2 in concert.

New England Summer Festivals

Hands-On Early Music With Amherst Early Music Festival


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Based at Connecticut College, Amherst Early Music opens the stage to all who come to learn and play.
The Bach Hour

The Potential Of One Chorale


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Hear how Bach starts with one chorale and creates multiple musical experiences with it, including the Cantata No. 93 (translation), conducted by Philippe Herreweghe.
The Bach Hour

Grace And Bouyancy From A Solo Cello


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Jean-Guihen Queyras performs the Cello Suite No. 6, and John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Cantata No. 135 (translation).
New England Summer Festivals

Gambas, Sackbuts, And More: Early Music In The City


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From the heart of the American Revolution, a revolution in music from the Renaissance and Baroque.
Classical Concerts

Listen: Red Priest, Live From Rockport


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Hear a live concert broadcast featuring the dynamic, theatrical early music group from the UK, from Rockport Music's Shalin Liu Performance Center with hosts Cathy Fuller and Brian McCreath.
Opera

Danielle de Niese In Handel's Semele


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The American soprano sings the title role in a performance with Les Talens Lyriques and conductor Christoph Rousset.
Sunday at 6:30pm on 99.5 All Classical
The Bach Hour

Bach In Boston


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The Boston Early Festival Orchestra takes the stage with the Orchestral Suite No. 3, and Sigiswald Kuijken directs the Cantata No. 2 (translation).
The Bach Hour

CSI: Bach


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Violinist Midori Seiler performs her reconstruction of a lost concerto, and Craig Smith directs the Cantata No. 39 (translation).
Classical Concerts

Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra in Concert


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The Festival instrumentalists combine forces for an electrically charged evening at NEC's Jordan Hall, with harpsichordist Kristian Bezuidenhout.
The Bach Hour

Riccardo Chailly's New Way


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The conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra leads the Brandenburg Concerto No. 6, and John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Cantata No. 129 (translation).
Live from Fraser

The Case/CIM Baroque Orchestra


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Drawn from students at Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Institute of Music, the ensemble performs music by Telemann, Bach, Handel, and more.
Live from Fraser

Trio Settecento


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MORE EARLY MUSIC
Music by Bach, Veracini, and Muffat highlight and exploration of the transformative power of the violin, live from the Fraser Performance Studio.
Classical Concerts

Les Voix Baroques


BOSTON EARLY MUSIC CHANNEL
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Stephen Stubbs directs Canticum Canticorum, a program based on the sensuous biblical poetry of The Song of Songs, at the Boston Early Music Festival.
Arias and Barcarolles

Deborah Voigt Sings Wagner


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One of the great dramatic sopranos of our time sings highlights from Tristan und Isolde, and Matthew White and Les Voix Baroques perform music by John Dowland.
The Bach Hour

One Chorale, Three Masterpieces


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A single chorale connects the organ prelude "Komm, Heiliger Geist," the Violin Sonata No. 3, and the Cantata No. 172 (translation).
Early Music

Boston Early Music Channel


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Classical New England brings you all the color, excitement, and discovery of early music at the Boston Early Music Channel. 
The Bach Hour

Luminous Bach From Ensemble Sonnerie


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ABOUT THE BACH HOUR
Monica Huggett leads the Orchestral Suite No. 1, and Collegium Vocale performs the Cantata No. 43 (translation).

The Bach Hour

David Fray's Poetic Interpretation


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The French pianist performs Bach's Partita No. 4, and Masaaki Suzuki conducts the Cantata No. 108 (translation).
The Bach Hour

Two Masterpieces From Altenburg, Germany


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By Brian McCreath
This week's program takes you to the Schloßkirche in Altenburg to hear an instrument Bach himself performed on when it was built.
99.5 Host Notes

Postscript From Spain


By Cathy Fuller
A few added scenes and thoughts from a cultural pilgrimage.
The Bach Hour

The Bach Experience


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Mary Greer previews the Handel and Haydn Society's upcoming program with selections from the Cantatas Nos. 37, 92, and 97.
Live from Fraser

Haimovitz And The Goldbergs


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Cellist Matt Haimovitz and friends join Cathy Fuller for an exploration of Bach's Goldberg Variations.
The Bach Hour

Philippe Herreweghe Conducts Cantata No. 42


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The Belgian conductor leads a post-Easter cantata with a dual personality.
The Bach Hour

The Joy and Transcendence of Easter


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Ton Koopman and Amsterdam Baroque perform the Cantata No. 31 (translation), written for Easter.  The program also features pianist Angela Hewitt in a concerto and Yuko Hayashi at the organ at Boston's Old West Church.
Boston Symphony Orchestra

Suzuki Conducts Bach


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INTERVIEW WITH SUZUKI
Masaaki Suzuki, one of the great Bach interpreters of our time, leads Bach's St. John Passion.
Saturday, April 23 at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical
Classical Concerts

Handel and Haydn's Israel in Egypt


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Harry Christophers conducts Handel's masterpiece on the Exodus in concert.
The Bach Hour

A Cantata for Palm Sunday


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John Eliot Gardiner conducts the joyful Cantata No. 182 (translation), written for Palm Sunday, and Zuill Bailey performs the Cello Suite No. 5.
Live from Fraser

Amarcord


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The Leipzig-based vocal ensemble sings Elgar, Mendelssohn, and more.
The Bach Hour

Jeremy Denk's Bach


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The pianist gives a ravishing performance of the Partita No. 3, and Konrad Junghänel conducts the Missa Brevis in G minor.
The Bach Hour

Gidon Kremer's Solo Bach


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The Latvian violinist performs Bach's Sonata No. 1, and Konrad Junghänel conducts the Missa Brevis in A.
The Bach Hour

Richard Egarr on The Well-Tempered Clavier


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BRADLEY LEHMAN'S THEORY OF INTONATION
The Music Director of the Academy of Ancient Music takes you inside Bach's masterful works for harpsichord, and Konrad Junghänel conducts the Missa Brevis in F.
99.5 Host Notes

The Concert Hall Re-set Button


By Brian McCreath
When everything familiar bursts into the remarkable.
The Bach Hour

The Mass in B Minor


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David Hoose, Music Director of the Cantata Singers, joins Brian McCreath for one of Bach's greatest masterpieces.
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Live from Fraser

BLO's Agrippina


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VIDEO & INFO FROM BLO'S AGRIPPINA, MAR. 18, 20 & 22
Soprano Caroline Worra, conductor Gary Thor Wedow, director Lillian Groag join Cathy Fuller for highlights of Boston Lyric Opera's production of Handel's opera.
The Bach Hour

Bach's Coffee Cantata


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A young woman and her father clash over her love for java in the Cantata No. 211 (translation), and Philippe Herreweghe conducts the emotionally powerful Cantata No. 159 (translation).
Live from Fraser

Biber's Mystery Sonatas


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Violinist Christina Day Martinson and harpsichordist Martin Pearlman perform a set of Heinrich Biber's deeply symbolic pieces inspired by the life of Christ.
The Bach Hour

Vibrant Colors and Textures in The Art of the Fugue


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The Academy for Ancient Music Berlin brings one of Bach's masterpieces to life in new ways, plus John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Cantata No. 181 (translation).
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The Bach Hour

Maxim Rysanov's Cello Suites


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The Ukrainian violist lends his musical voice to bedrock repertoire for the cello, plus Masaaki Suzuki conducts the Cantata No. 92 (translation).
99.5 Host Notes

For Valentine's Day, Machaut, a 14th Century Dylan


By James David Jacobs
"He took a tradition of itinerant balladeers and invested the style with intellectual rigor and worldly sophistication while retaining the primal appeal of folk music."
The Bach Hour

Karen Gomyo in Concert


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The violinist performs Bach's Partita No. 3 in Switzerland, and John Eliot Gardiner conducts the joyous Cantata No. 51 (translation).
The Bach Hour

Glenn Gould's State of Wonder


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The legendary pianist performs Bach's Goldberg Variations, and Marcus Creed conducts the motet Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (translation).
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The Bach Hour

The Stormy Sea of Bach's Cantata No. 81


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The storms of life expressed through music, plus transcriptions with the Brazilian Guitar Quartet and the Borromeo String Quartet.
CNE Journal

Music and Art: West and Antes


By Cathy Fuller
From the young United States, a pairing of music and art inspired by the Art of the Americas wing of the Museum of Fine Arts.
The Bach Hour

The Richness of the Flute


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Joshua Smith plays a sonata by Bach, plus the Cantata No. 111 (translation) and German Brass.
The Bach Hour

Dual Messages and Strange Beauty


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Bach weaves together two sides of the inner life in a cantata recorded in Greenwich, and Simone Dinnerstein's new recording finds the unexpected.
Live from Fraser

Kim Kashkashian Plays Bach


MUSIC FOR FOOD FOR MUSIC, FEB. 11
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The Boston based viola virtuoso and colleagues visit with two of Bach's trio sonatas and conversation with 99.5 All Classical's Cathy Fuller.
The Bach Hour

Following the Star


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The Sarasa Ensemble and Bach Collegium Japan perform two of Bach's cantatas for Epiphany.
The Bach Hour

Bach's New Year


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Masaaki Suzuki conducts the Cantata No. 41 (translation) for the New Year, and Murray Perahia performs the English Suite No. 4.
99.5 Host Notes

Bach's Christmas Oratorio


By Brian McCreath
Hear Bach's masterpiece for the Christmas season.

The Bach Hour

Mouths Full of Laughter


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John Eliot Gardiner conducts a joyful cantata for Christmas.
Live from Fraser

A Portuguese Renaissance Christmas


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Exsultemus sings seasonal music by Esteves, Correa, Fernandes, and more, with 99.5 All Classical host Cathy Fuller.
99.5 Host Notes

The Most Ridiculous Gigs in the History of Music, MacDowell, and Janacek


By James David Jacobs
For a couple of years I played cello and recorder on top of a display case in a Nordstrom's in Walnut Creek, California.
The Bach Hour

Magnificat


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Philippe Herreweghe conducts the original Christmas version of Bach's masterpiece (translation).
99.5 Host Notes

Music for Food for Music


INFO ON MUSIC FOR FOOD, FRIDAY MAR. 11
By Cathy Fuller
One of Boston's renowned musicians organizes performances to benefit those in need.
The Bach Hour

Best Bach of 2010


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THE BACH HOUR
99.5 All Classical host Brian McCreath picks five great recordings of Bach's music from the last year.
Holidays

WGBH's Sounds Of The Season


WGBH fills your stocking full of musical treats on television and radio. From the Boston Pops to Handel's Messiah, WGBH is filling its schedule with sounds for the season.
The Bach Hour

Simone Dinnerstein's Bach


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The pianist performs the French Suite No. 5, and Philippe Herreweghe conducts the Cantata No. 36 (translation).
The Bach Hour

Two Sides of Bach


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The Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin plays music for a Friday night out, and Bach Collegium Japan performs a work for Sunday morning, the Cantata No. 62, for Advent (translation).
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Kids' Classical Hour

All in the Family


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Join Ray Brown for music from members of great classical music families--including composers like the Mozarts, the Bachs, and more!
99.5 Host Notes

For St. Andrew's Day


By Brian McCreath
I suppose with a name like mine, it shouldn't come as any surprise that Scotland figures prominently in my background.
99.5 Host Notes

A New Pergolesi Stabat Mater


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By Cathy Fuller
"... the most perfect and most moving that has ever issued from the pen of any composer.”
The Bach Hour

Bach Through a British Lens


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Jonathan Plowright plays British transcriptions of Bach, John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Cantata No. 90, and Ton Koopman conducts the Cantata No. 116.
99.5 Host Notes

Listen To This


EVENT INFO
By Brian McCreath
Alex Ross, music critic for the New Yorker and author of The Rest is Noise, visits Cambridge this evening.
The Bach Hour

A Bach Cantata Double Header


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John Eliot Gardiner conducts Bach's Cantata No. 60, Masaaki Suzuki conducts the Cantata No. 26, and the Ghielmi brothers of Milan tackle the Viola da Gamba Sonata in G.
99.5 Host Notes

Bach's Code


By Ray Brown
How the composer wrote his signature into the music.
The Bach Hour

Rachel Podger's Soulful Bach


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The British violinist contrasts "cascading arpeggios" and a "soulful melody," and the Boston Symphony Orchestra performs the "St. Anne" Prelude and Fugue.
The Bach Hour

Bach's Reformation Monument


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John Eliot Gardiner conducts a piece as magnificent and everlasting as the ancient church in which it was performed.
99.5 Host Notes

Intuition, Paranoia, and Berlioz


By James David Jacobs
It's Halloween, so it seems appropriate to consider the subject of fear...
99.5 Host Notes

Cathedrals In Music


WATCH NOVA'S BUILDING THE GREAT CATHEDRALS
By Brian McCreath
Hear musical responses to great cathedrals, and watch Building The Great Cathedrals.
The Bach Hour

Bálint Karosi on the Organ at First Lutheran


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The winner of the 2008 International Bach Competition performs Bach's music on one of Boston's premiere pipe organs.
99.5 Host Notes

Oct. 24: Richards & Fowkes Organ at First Lutheran of Boston


By Brian McCreath
One of Boston's premiere organs has just been expanded.
The Bach Hour

Isabelle Faust's Bach


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ABOUT THE BACH HOUR
The German violinist performs J.S. Bach's Partita No. 3 for solo violin, and Sigiswald Kuijken conducts the Cantata No. 180, Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (translation).
On-Demand on Classical New England


Kids' Classical Hour

Vivaldi's Four Seasons


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Violinist Gil Shaham gives a note-by-note tour of the Italian master's portrayal of the seasons.
The Bach Hour

Thomas Quasthoff sings Bach's Cantata No. 56


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Bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff sings J.S. Bach's heartwrenching and ultimately uplifting Cantata No. 56, Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen.  Also, the Quebec Symphony Orchestra performs William Walton's Bach orchestrations in the suite from The Wise Virgins.
99.5 Host Notes

Oct. 11: Columbus Day


By Laura Carlo
What would Columbus listen to?
99.5 Host Notes

Oct. 7: Anderson & Roe


By Cathy Fuller
From Bach to Radiohead
Vocal Music

The Bach Hour


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Join WGBH's Brian McCreath each Sunday at 8 p.m. for music by the Baroque master J.S. Bach, including cantatas, suites, concertos and more.

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