Composer of the Week - Johann Sebastian Bach - The Apprentice - Bach in the 1700s

Donald Macleod concentrates on some of Bach's earliest surviving works, including his first published cantata, Gott ist mein Konig. Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft, BWV 50 The Monteverdi Choir The English Baroque Soloists John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) Capriccio sopra la lontananza del fratello dilettissimo, BWV 992 Kenneth Gilbert (harpsichord) Prelude in G minor, BWV 535a Peter Hurford (organ) Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 739 Peter Hurford (organ) Toccata in D, BWV 912 Andreas Staier (harpsichord) Gott ist mein Konig, BWV 71 Joanne Lunn (soprano) William Towers (countertenor) Kobie van Rensburg (tenor) Peter Harvey (bass) The Monteverdi Choir The English Baroque Soloists John Eliot Gardiner (conductor).