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The Bach Hour


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Join WGBH's Brian McCreath each Sunday at 8 p.m. for music by the Baroque master J.S. Bach, including cantatas, suites, concertos and more.

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Oct. 7: Anderson & Roe


By Cathy Fuller
From Bach to Radiohead
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Oct. 11: Columbus Day


By Laura Carlo
What would Columbus listen to?
The Bach Hour

Thomas Quasthoff Sings Bach


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The German bass-baritone sings the Cantata No. 56 (translation), and the Quebec Symphony Orchestra performs William Walton's suite from The Wise Virgins.

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Kids' Classical Hour

Vivaldi's Four Seasons


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Violinist Gil Shaham gives a note-by-note tour of the Italian master's portrayal of the seasons.
The Bach Hour

Isabelle Faust's Bach


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The German violinist performs J.S. Bach's Partita No. 3 for solo violin, and Sigiswald Kuijken conducts the Cantata No. 180, Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (translation).
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Oct. 24: Richards & Fowkes Organ at First Lutheran of Boston


By Brian McCreath
One of Boston's premiere organs has just been expanded.
The Bach Hour

Bach in the Back Bay


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Bach's music is performed by Boston legends past and present, and Ton Koopman conducts the Cantata No. 38 (translation).

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Cathedrals In Music


WATCH NOVA'S BUILDING THE GREAT CATHEDRALS
By Brian McCreath
Hear musical responses to great cathedrals, and watch Building The Great Cathedrals.
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Intuition, Paranoia, and Berlioz


By James David Jacobs
It's Halloween, so it seems appropriate to consider the subject of fear...
The Bach Hour

Bach's Reformation Monument


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John Eliot Gardiner conducts a piece as magnificent and everlasting as the ancient church in which it was performed.
The Bach Hour

Rachel Podger's Soulful Bach


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The British violinist contrasts "cascading arpeggios" and a "soulful melody," and the Boston Symphony Orchestra performs the "St. Anne" Prelude and Fugue.
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Bach's Code


By Ray Brown
How the composer wrote his signature into the music.
The Bach Hour

A Bach Cantata Double Header


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John Eliot Gardiner conducts Bach's Cantata No. 60, Masaaki Suzuki conducts the Cantata No. 26, and the Ghielmi brothers of Milan tackle the Viola da Gamba Sonata in G.
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Listen To This


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By Brian McCreath
Alex Ross, music critic for the New Yorker and author of The Rest is Noise, visits Cambridge this evening.
The Bach Hour

Bach Through a British Lens


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Jonathan Plowright plays British transcriptions of Bach, John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Cantata No. 90, and Ton Koopman conducts the Cantata No. 116.
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A New Pergolesi Stabat Mater


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By Cathy Fuller
"... the most perfect and most moving that has ever issued from the pen of any composer.”
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For St. Andrew's Day


By Brian McCreath
I suppose with a name like mine, it shouldn't come as any surprise that Scotland figures prominently in my background.
Kids' Classical Hour

All in the Family


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Join Ray Brown for music from members of great classical music families--including composers like the Mozarts, the Bachs, and more!
The Bach Hour

Two Sides of Bach


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The Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin plays music for a Friday night out, and Bach Collegium Japan performs a work for Sunday morning, the Cantata No. 62, for Advent (translation).
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The Bach Hour

Simone Dinnerstein's Bach


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The pianist performs the French Suite No. 5, and Philippe Herreweghe conducts the Cantata No. 36 (translation).
Holidays

WGBH's Sounds Of The Season


WGBH fills your stocking full of musical treats on television and radio. From the Boston Pops to Handel's Messiah, WGBH is filling its schedule with sounds for the season.
The Bach Hour

Best Bach of 2010


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THE BACH HOUR
99.5 All Classical host Brian McCreath picks five great recordings of Bach's music from the last year.
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Music for Food for Music


INFO ON MUSIC FOR FOOD, FRIDAY MAR. 11
By Cathy Fuller
One of Boston's renowned musicians organizes performances to benefit those in need.
The Bach Hour

Magnificat


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Philippe Herreweghe conducts the original Christmas version of Bach's masterpiece (translation).
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The Most Ridiculous Gigs in the History of Music, MacDowell, and Janacek


By James David Jacobs
For a couple of years I played cello and recorder on top of a display case in a Nordstrom's in Walnut Creek, California.
Live from Fraser

A Portuguese Renaissance Christmas


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Exsultemus sings seasonal music by Esteves, Correa, Fernandes, and more, with 99.5 All Classical host Cathy Fuller.
The Bach Hour

Mouths Full of Laughter


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John Eliot Gardiner conducts a joyful cantata for Christmas.
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Bach's Christmas Oratorio


By Brian McCreath
Hear Bach's masterpiece for the Christmas season.

The Bach Hour

Bach's New Year


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Masaaki Suzuki conducts the Cantata No. 41 (translation) for the New Year, and Murray Perahia performs the English Suite No. 4.
The Bach Hour

Following the Star


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The Sarasa Ensemble and Bach Collegium Japan perform two of Bach's cantatas for Epiphany.
Live from Fraser

Kim Kashkashian Plays Bach


MUSIC FOR FOOD FOR MUSIC, FEB. 11
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The Boston based viola virtuoso and colleagues visit with two of Bach's trio sonatas and conversation with 99.5 All Classical's Cathy Fuller.
The Bach Hour

Dual Messages and Strange Beauty


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Bach weaves together two sides of the inner life in a cantata recorded in Greenwich, and Simone Dinnerstein's new recording finds the unexpected.
The Bach Hour

The Richness of the Flute


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Joshua Smith plays a sonata by Bach, plus the Cantata No. 111 (translation) and German Brass.
CNE Journal

Music and Art: West and Antes


By Cathy Fuller
From the young United States, a pairing of music and art inspired by the Art of the Americas wing of the Museum of Fine Arts.
The Bach Hour

The Stormy Sea of Bach's Cantata No. 81


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The storms of life expressed through music, plus transcriptions with the Brazilian Guitar Quartet and the Borromeo String Quartet.
The Bach Hour

Glenn Gould's State of Wonder


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The legendary pianist performs Bach's Goldberg Variations, and Marcus Creed conducts the motet Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (translation).
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The Bach Hour

Karen Gomyo in Concert


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The violinist performs Bach's Partita No. 3 in Switzerland, and John Eliot Gardiner conducts the joyous Cantata No. 51 (translation).
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For Valentine's Day, Machaut, a 14th Century Dylan


By James David Jacobs
"He took a tradition of itinerant balladeers and invested the style with intellectual rigor and worldly sophistication while retaining the primal appeal of folk music."
The Bach Hour

Maxim Rysanov's Cello Suites


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The Ukrainian violist lends his musical voice to bedrock repertoire for the cello, plus Masaaki Suzuki conducts the Cantata No. 92 (translation).
The Bach Hour

Vibrant Colors and Textures in The Art of the Fugue


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The Academy for Ancient Music Berlin brings one of Bach's masterpieces to life in new ways, plus John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Cantata No. 181 (translation).
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Live from Fraser

Biber's Mystery Sonatas


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Violinist Christina Day Martinson and harpsichordist Martin Pearlman perform a set of Heinrich Biber's deeply symbolic pieces inspired by the life of Christ.
The Bach Hour

Bach's Coffee Cantata


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A young woman and her father clash over her love for java in the Cantata No. 211 (translation), and Philippe Herreweghe conducts the emotionally powerful Cantata No. 159 (translation).
Live from Fraser

BLO's Agrippina


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VIDEO & INFO FROM BLO'S AGRIPPINA, MAR. 18, 20 & 22
Soprano Caroline Worra, conductor Gary Thor Wedow, director Lillian Groag join Cathy Fuller for highlights of Boston Lyric Opera's production of Handel's opera.
The Bach Hour

The Mass in B Minor


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David Hoose, Music Director of the Cantata Singers, joins Brian McCreath for one of Bach's greatest masterpieces.

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The Concert Hall Re-set Button


By Brian McCreath
When everything familiar bursts into the remarkable.
The Bach Hour

Richard Egarr and The Well-Tempered Clavier


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JOIN US FOR BACH AROUND THE CLOCK, MAR. 16
The Music Director of the Academy of Ancient Music takes you inside Bach's masterful works for harpsichord.
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The Bach Hour

Gidon Kremer's Solo Bach


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The Latvian violinist performs Bach's Sonata No. 1, and Konrad Junghänel conducts the Missa Brevis in A.
The Bach Hour

Jeremy Denk's Bach


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The pianist gives a ravishing performance of the Partita No. 3, and Konrad Junghänel conducts the Missa Brevis in G minor.
Live from Fraser

Amarcord


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The Leipzig-based vocal ensemble sings Elgar, Mendelssohn, and more.
The Bach Hour

A Cantata for Palm Sunday


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John Eliot Gardiner conducts the joyful Cantata No. 182 (translation), written for Palm Sunday, and Pieter Wispelwey performs the Cello Suite No. 5.

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Classical Concerts

Handel and Haydn's Israel in Egypt


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Harry Christophers conducts Handel's masterpiece on the Exodus in concert.
Boston Symphony Orchestra

Suzuki Conducts Bach


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INTERVIEW WITH SUZUKI
Masaaki Suzuki, one of the great Bach interpreters of our time, leads Bach's St. John Passion.
Saturday, April 23 at 7pm on 99.5 All Classical
The Bach Hour

The Joy and Transcendence of Easter


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Ton Koopman and Amsterdam Baroque perform the Cantata No. 31 (translation), written for Easter.  The program also features pianist Angela Hewitt in a concerto and Yuko Hayashi at the organ at Boston's Old West Church.
The Bach Hour

Philippe Herreweghe Conducts Cantata No. 42


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The Belgian conductor leads a post-Easter cantata with a dual personality.
Live from Fraser

Haimovitz And The Goldbergs


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Cellist Matt Haimovitz and friends join Cathy Fuller for an exploration of Bach's Goldberg Variations.
The Bach Hour

The Bach Experience


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Mary Greer previews the Handel and Haydn Society's upcoming program with selections from the Cantatas Nos. 37, 92, and 97.
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Postscript From Spain


By Cathy Fuller
A few added scenes and thoughts from a cultural pilgrimage.
The Bach Hour

Two Masterpieces From Altenburg, Germany


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By Brian McCreath
This week's program takes you to the Schloßkirche in Altenburg to hear an instrument Bach himself performed on when it was built.
The Bach Hour

David Fray's Poetic Interpretation


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The French pianist performs Bach's Partita No. 4, and Masaaki Suzuki conducts the Cantata No. 108 (translation).
The Bach Hour

Luminous Bach From Ensemble Sonnerie


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Monica Huggett leads the Orchestral Suite No. 1, and Collegium Vocale performs the Cantata No. 43 (translation).

Early Music

Boston Early Music Channel


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Classical New England brings you all the color, excitement, and discovery of early music at the Boston Early Music Channel. 
The Bach Hour

One Chorale, Three Masterpieces


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A single chorale connects the organ prelude "Komm, Heiliger Geist," the Violin Sonata No. 3, and the Cantata No. 172 (translation).

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Arias and Barcarolles

Deborah Voigt Sings Wagner


LISTEN AND WATCH "THE LITTLE BLACK DRESS"
One of the great dramatic sopranos of our time sings highlights from Tristan und Isolde, and Matthew White and Les Voix Baroques perform music by John Dowland.
Classical Concerts

Les Voix Baroques


BOSTON EARLY MUSIC CHANNEL
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Stephen Stubbs directs Canticum Canticorum, a program based on the sensuous biblical poetry of The Song of Songs, at the Boston Early Music Festival.
Live from Fraser

Trio Settecento


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Music by Bach, Veracini, and Muffat highlight and exploration of the transformative power of the violin, live from the Fraser Performance Studio.
Live from Fraser

The Case/CIM Baroque Orchestra


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Drawn from students at Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Institute of Music, the ensemble performs music by Telemann, Bach, Handel, and more.
The Bach Hour

Riccardo Chailly's New Way


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The Italian conductor describes his approach to Bach and leads the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in the Brandenburg Concerto No. 6.

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Classical Concerts

Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra in Concert


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The Festival instrumentalists combine forces for an electrically charged evening at NEC's Jordan Hall, with harpsichordist Kristian Bezuidenhout.
The Bach Hour

CSI: Bach


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Violinist Midori Seiler performs her reconstruction of a lost concerto, and Craig Smith directs the Cantata No. 39 (translation).
The Bach Hour

Bach In Boston


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The Boston Early Festival Orchestra takes the stage with the Orchestral Suite No. 3, and Boston's Emmanuel Music performs the Cantata No. 2 (translation).

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Opera

Danielle de Niese In Handel's Semele


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The American soprano sings the title role in a performance with Les Talens Lyriques and conductor Christoph Rousset.
Sunday at 6:30pm on 99.5 All Classical
Classical Concerts

Listen: Red Priest, Live From Rockport


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Hear a live concert broadcast featuring the dynamic, theatrical early music group from the UK, from Rockport Music's Shalin Liu Performance Center with hosts Cathy Fuller and Brian McCreath.
New England Summer Festivals

Gambas, Sackbuts, And More: Early Music In The City


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From the heart of the American Revolution, a revolution in music from the Renaissance and Baroque.
The Bach Hour

Grace And Bouyancy From A Solo Cello


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Jean-Guihen Queyras performs the Cello Suite No. 6, and John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Cantata No. 135 (translation).

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