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  • ardcarp
    Late member
    • Nov 2010
    • 11102

    Bach on 3

    There is a Bach Cantata every morning on Breakfast before 7am.
    So far we've had:

    Monday Collegiun Vocale Gent/BWV23
    Tuesday Amsterdam Baroque/BWV159
    (Can't find info about the rest of the week.)

    On Good Friday we get both (major) Passions:

    2pm Afternoon Concert/St John/BBCNOW with John Butt
    7pm Berlin Phil/St Matthew/Rattle



    I guess the reason for the early start with the cantatas is the BBC's idea that a complete work threatens the short excerpt/easy listening philosophy of Radio 3 mornings.

    As for two Passions on one day...well rather the opposite! Luckily we can choose what and when we listen to anything. I must say it would have been more interesting to have one of the Passions done by a small specialist Baroque group. John Butt is usually associated with that genre, so it will be interesting to see how BBCNOW and Chorus match up to his ideas.
  • subcontrabass
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 2780

    #2
    There is also a perriod instruments performance of the St John Passion on Through the Night on Good Friday, starting at 12.31 a.m.

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    • Bryn
      Banned
      • Mar 2007
      • 24688

      #3
      Originally posted by ardcarp View Post
      There is a Bach Cantata every morning on Breakfast before 7am. . .
      Thanks for that. Since I avoid R3's Breakfast, I would have missed out on them. 'Sounds' to the rescue.

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      • hmvman
        Full Member
        • Mar 2007
        • 1121

        #4
        There's been 'Bach Before 7' every morning for some time, but not always complete works admittedly.

        Thanks for the tip-off about the cantatas, ardcarp. Since the lockdown I haven't been awake before 7!

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