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Bach's Goldbergs in Brass

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On The Bach Hour, Canadian Brass applies their burnished brilliance to the composer's "Goldberg Variations," and John Eliot Gardiner leads the Monteverdi Choir in "Jesu, Meine Freude."

On the program:

Violin Concerto in E, BWV 1042 - Gottfried von der Goltz, violin and director;  Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227 (translation) - Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (selections) - Canadian Brass