Composer of the Week - Johann Sebastian Bach - Early Mastery

Donald Macleod explores Bach's output during the 1710s, much of which the composer spent at the court of Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Weimar. The Music includes Bach's earliest extant chamber work, a key work of the organ repertoire as well as two strongly contrasting cantatas. Gottes Sohn ist kommen (also known as Gott durch deine Gute, BWV 600) Christopher Herrick (organ) Fugue in G minor for violin and continuo, BWV 1026 Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin) Richard Tunicliffe (cello) Paul Nicholson (harpsichord) Toccata in F, BWV 540 Simon Preston (organ) Widerstehe doch der Sunde, BWV 54 Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto) The Monteverdi Choir The English Baroque Soloists John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) Concerto in G, BWV 973 - after Vivaldi, Op 7 No 2 Richard Egarr (harpsichord) Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn, BWV 152 Gillian Keith (soprano) Daniel Taylor (countertenor) James Gilchrist (tenor) Peter Harvey (baritone) The Monteverdi Choir The English Baroque Soloists John Eliot Gardiner (conductor).