The Bach Hour
Sundays 6-7am, Mondays midnight-2am
The virtually limitless well of music by J.S. Bach has always had a prominent place on radio airwaves in Boston. Whether it’s an iconic work like the Toccata and Fugue in D minor or a rarely heard but emotionally riveting church cantata, Bach’s music is a touchstone, returning listeners to a foundation on which so much subsequent music has been built.
Hear The Bach Hour each Sunday at 6am on 99.5 WCRB, as well as Mondays, midnight-2am. And listen on demand for two weeks after broadcast.
Latest Episodes
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On The Bach Hour, John Eliot Gardiner leads the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists in the composer's musical confrontation with the capriciousness of life. -
On The Bach Hour, the composer's "Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen" charts a course from dark sorrow to resolute peace in a performance by Collegium Vocale of Ghent and their director, Philippe Herreweghe.
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With director Jonathan Cohen and his ensemble Arcangelo, Alina Ibragimova is the soloist in Bach's Violin Concerto in D minor, and Christophe Coin leads the Cantata No. 85, "I Am the Good Shepherd," on The Bach Hour.
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On The Bach Hour, David Fray is the pianist in music that grew not only from the composer's invention and craft, but also from his close relationship with his wife.
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On The Bach Hour, Ton Koopman leads Amsterdam Baroque in music that reflects the complexity of belief through one of the composer's most brilliant works, and the Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra performs Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 4.
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The Academy for Ancient Music Berlin illuminates a magical fusion of two iconic composers, and John Eliot Gardiner conducts the "Actus Tragicus" on The Bach Hour.
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The conductor and organist brings Bach's fascination with Italian music to life in works inspired by Vivaldi and Pergolesi on The Bach Hour.
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On The Bach Hour, the Artistic Director of the Handel and Haydn Society offers his insights into the emotionally devastating final part of one of the composer's most powerful masterpieces.
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On The Bach Hour, the Artistic Director of the Handel and Haydn Society offers his own insights and interpretations of one of the composer's most powerful masterpieces.
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On The Bach Hour, violinist Lara St. John and harpist Marie-Pierre Langlamet bring an uncommon warmth, color, and resonance to the composer's Violin Sonata No. 1, a piece originally scored with harpsichord, and John Eliot Gardiner leads the Cantata No. 150.
