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Shervin Lainez/Opus 3 ArtistsOn The Bach Hour, the words of one of today's most eloquent pianists illuminate his performance of the composer's Partita No. 3, and Konrad Junghänel conducts the Missa Brevis in G minor. -
David ShriverOn The Bach Hour, an artist of uncommon insight interprets - and talks about - one of Bach's most imposing compositions, and Martin Pearlman leads Boston Baroque in Magnificat.
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On The Bach Hour, the Boston-based violist brings her penetrating insights to the composer's Cello Suites, describing their emotional power in a conversation with host Brian McCreath. -
On The Bach Hour, a simple tune is continually transformed, creating the foundations of multiple themes in the composer's Cantata No. 93, conducted by Ton Koopman. -
On The Bach Hour, Ton Koopman leads Amsterdam Baroque in music that expresses the timeless theme of forgiveness of one's enemies as a route to contentment. -
On The Bach Hour, the Chopin Competition winner reveals passion, drama, and crystalline spark in a solo piano work, and Rudolf Lutz conducts a work infused with hope and joy, Cantata No. 30. -
On The Bach Hour, Philippe Pierlot leads Collegium Vocale Gent and the Ricercar Consort in music that begins in the wonder of the cosmos and ends in quiet, individual commitment. -
On The Bach Hour, one of Boston's cornerstone ensembles performs music that starts in weakness and frailty and becomes a vigorous picture of strength. -
On The Bach Hour, Masaaki Suzuki conducts a joyfully expressive cantata written for the dedication of a pipe organ in a small German village, and William Porter performs on that very instrument. -
On The Bach Hour, Matthew Halls leads the Retrospect Ensemble in a brilliant expression of the multi-dimensional beauty of the composer's art. -
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, a legendary instrument at Schlosskirche Altenburg - played when it was new by the composer himself - transmits an astonishing range of sonic color in the Passacaglia in C minor and Cantata 146.
