Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert - Edinburgh International Festival 2009 - Episode 9

Radio 3 at the Summer Festivals. In a concert given at the historic Greyfriars Kirk as part of the 2009 Edinburgh International Festival, the Ricercar Consort, directed from the viol by Philippe Pierlot, performs three of Bach's earliest cantatas, all written when the composer was in his 20s. It includes the punchy Lutheran funeral cantata Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, also known as Actus tragicus. Ricercar Consort: Katharine Fuge (soprano) Carlos Mena (countertenor) Julian Podger (tenor) Stephan MacLeod (bass) Philippe Pierlot (viol/director) Bach: Komm, du süsse Todesstunde, BWV 161; Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4; Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106.