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Bach to School

As the summer holidays come to an end, and parents toast their kids' return to school, Hannah French explores JS Bach's role as a teacher at St. Thomas' Church in Leipzig.

The school had a very specific set of rules that had to be followed by both students and staff... or woe betide...!

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bringet dem Herrn Ehre seines Namens, BWV 148

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • SDG.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Warum betrĂĽbst du dich, mein Herz, BWV 138 - Movement 1

    Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Warum betrĂĽbst du dich, mein Herz, BWV 138 - Movement 6

    Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christus, der ist mein Leben, BWV 95 12 Sep 1723 VII: Chorale

    Ensemble: Netherlands Bach Collegium. Choir: Holland Boys Choir.
    • Brilliant Classics.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christus, der ist mein Leben, BWV 95 12 Sep 1723 I & II

    Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christus, der ist mein Leben, BWV 95 12 Sep 1723 V Aria Ach, schlage

    Singer: Hans-Jörg Mammel. Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    2 Part inventions: Nos 11-14, BWV.785

    Performer: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in C minor

    Performer: VĂ­kingur Ă“lafsson.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Es erhub sich ein Streit, BWV 19 29 Sep 1726 Opening Chorus

    Choir: Amsterdam Baroque Choir. Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.
    • Challenge Classics.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft, BWV 50

    Choir: Leipzig ThomanerChor. Ensemble: New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig. Conductor: Hans-Joachim Rotzsch.
    • Eurodisc.

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  • Sun 1 Sep 2024 18:30
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