Bach took all the best elements of Western music from the preceding five hundred years or so, and with his extraordinary imagination and incompatible craftsmanship transformed them into models and benchmarks for all composers that have followed him, from Mozart to Penderecki.

This programme of Bach's music in performance showcases his organ and chamber music, as well as an exclusive radio recording of a new organ concerto arranged by Terence Charlston from Bach's Cantatas.

It is specially recorded for the BBC at the Church of Saint Bartholomew the Great in London.

Music played:

i) Concerto in D minor for organ and strings, arranged Charlston after BWV 35, 156
Soloist: Terence Charlston (chamber organ)
London Baroque

ii) Jesu, meine Freude (completed Charlston) BWV 753
Terence Charlston (chamber organ)

iii) Fantasia super Jesu, meine Freude BWV 713
Soloist: Terence Charlston (chamber organ)

iv) Sonata for flute and continuo in E minor BWV 1034
Musica ad Rhenum: Jed Wentz (flute), Job ter Haar (baroque cello), Michael Borgstede (harpsichord)

v) Toccata in E minor for keyboard BWV 914
Michael Borgstede (harpsichord)

vi) Trio sonata No.6 in G after organ sonata BWV 530
London Baroque
Terence Charlston (chamber organ)

Bach In Concert
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This programme first broadcast on 31 December 2005 - 1 January 2006.