On The Bach Hour, Riccardo Chailly and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra channel the best of modern and historically informed performance ideas into the composer's Brandenburg Concerto No. 6.

On The Bach Hour, bassist Edgar Meyer, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and mandolinist Chris Thile bring their distinctive musical voices to a Trio by Bach.

On The Bach Hour, the warmth and intimacy of the late Brazilian pianist's artistry illuminate the English Suite No. 3.

On The Bach Hour, the Dutch cellist describes his interpretation of the composer's Cello Suite No. 2, and Masaaki Suzuki conducts the Cantata No. 87.

On The Bach Hour, the Welsh soprano is the soloist in the first recording of a cantata that had been lost for almost three centuries, a discovery described by Harvard University's Christoph Wolff.

On The Bach Hour, David Fray is the pianist in the composer's Partita No. 4, a piece that reflects the multiple roles Bach fulfilled on a daily basis.

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.

On The Bach Hour, Masaaki Suzuki leads Bach Collegium Japan in a dramatic post-Easter cantata, and Andrew Manze conducts the composer's Triple Concerto.

On The Bach Hour, Matthew Halls leads the Retrospect Ensemble in a work that's at once contemplative and exuberant, and Angela Hewitt plays selections from Book II of the Well-Tempered Clavier.

On The Bach Hour, John Eliot Gardiner leads the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists in the composer's Cantata 182, and Pieter Wispelwey performs the Suite No. 5 for solo cello.