SUNDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2019

SUN 00:00 Geoffrey Smith's Jazz (b07mvsxx)
Chet Baker

The fallen angel of West Coast jazz, Chet Baker (1929-88) won a huge popular following as trumpeter and vocalist while fighting a life-long battle with drugs. Geoffrey Smith surveys a troubled, iconic talent

01 00:01:53 Charlie Parker And Chet Baker (artist)
Irresistible You
Performer: Charlie Parker And Chet Baker
Duration 00:03:03

02 00:05:49 Gerry Mulligan (artist)
Bernie's Tune
Performer: Gerry Mulligan
Performer: Bob Brookmeyer
Performer: Red Mitchell
Performer: Frank Isola
Duration 00:02:51

03 00:08:40 Gerry Mulligan (artist)
Freeway
Performer: Gerry Mulligan
Performer: Gerry Mulligan Quartet With Chet Baker
Duration 00:02:45

04 00:12:08 Gerry Mulligan (artist)
My Funny Valentine
Performer: Gerry Mulligan
Performer: Gerry Mulligan Quartet
Performer: Chet Baker
Performer: Carson Smith
Performer: Chico Hamilton
Duration 00:02:53

05 00:15:28 Chet Baker (artist)
My Funny Valentine
Performer: Chet Baker
Duration 00:02:17

06 00:18:14 Chet Baker (artist)
Long Ago and Far Away
Performer: Chet Baker
Performer: Russ Freeman
Performer: Carson Smith
Performer: Bob Neel
Duration 00:03:56

07 00:22:40 Russ Freeman & Chet Baker (artist)
Love Nest
Performer: Russ Freeman & Chet Baker
Performer: Russ Freeman
Performer: Chet Baker
Performer: Shelly Manne
Performer: Leroy Vinnegar
Duration 00:04:20

08 00:27:41 Russ Freeman (artist)
Summer Sketch
Performer: Russ Freeman
Duration 00:04:35

09 00:33:01 Chet Baker (artist)
My Heart Stood Still
Performer: Chet Baker
Duration 00:03:24

10 00:36:52 Chet Baker (artist)
Indian Summer
Performer: Chet Baker
Duration 00:05:11

11 00:42:42 Chet Baker (artist)
Stairway To The Stars
Performer: Chet Baker
Duration 00:04:38

12 00:48:16 Chet Baker & Paul Desmond (artist)
Tangerine
Performer: Chet Baker & Paul Desmond
Performer: Chet Baker
Performer: Hubert Laws
Performer: Paul Desmond
Performer: Ron Carter
Performer: Steve Gadd
Duration 00:05:24

13 00:54:36 Stan Getz And Chet Baker (artist)
Dear Old Stockholm
Performer: Stan Getz And Chet Baker
Duration 00:05:22


SUN 01:00 Through the Night (m0008vz9)
Artis Quartet in France

Music by Mozart, Kreisler and Brahms at the Pau Casals Festival. Presented by Catriona Young.

01:01 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
String Quartet no.19 in C major K.456, 'Dissonance'
Artis Quartet

01:29 AM
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)
String Quartet in A minor
Artis Quartet

01:55 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
String Quartet no.2 in A minor
Artis Quartet

02:25 AM
Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959)
Symphony No.5 (H.310)
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Valek (conductor)

03:01 AM
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704)
Missa Alleluja a36
Gradus ad Parnassum, Concerto Palatino, Wiener Hofburgkapelle, Konrad Junghanel (director)

03:37 AM
Alexander Scriabin (1871-1915)
Poeme de l'extase for orchestra (Op.54)
Orchestre National de France, Evgeny Svetlanov (conductor)

04:03 AM
Leopold Ebner (1769-1830)
Trio in B flat major
Zagreb Woodwind Trio

04:10 AM
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Concerto for lute, 2 violins & continuo in D major, RV.93
Nigel North (lute), London Baroque, John Toll (organ)

04:20 AM
Dora Pejacevic (1885-1923)
Four piano pieces
Ida Gamulin (piano)

04:31 AM
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis for double string orchestra
BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)

04:45 AM
Thomas Tallis (1505-1585)
Loquebantur variis linguis for 7 voices
BBC Singers, Bo Holten (director)

04:50 AM
Wojciech Kilar (1932-2013)
Orawa
Baltic Sea Youth Philharmonic, Kristjan Järvi (conductor)

05:01 AM
Selim Palmgren (1878-1951)
Cinderella (Overture)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, George de Godzinsky (conductor)

05:05 AM
Giovanni Picchi (c.1571-1643)
3 Ballos - Ballo alla Polacca; Ballo Ongaro; Ballo ditto il Pichi
Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord)

05:12 AM
Nino Rota (1911-1979)
Concerto for bassoon and orchestra
Christopher Millard (bassoon), CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)

05:30 AM
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1590-1664)
Magnificat primi toni for 4 voices
Marco Beasley (tenor), Davide Livermoore (tenor), Fabian Schofrin (alto), Annemieke Cantor (alto), Daniele Carnovich (bass), Diego Fasolis (conductor)

05:38 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Divertimento in C major, aka London Trio No 1 (Hob.4 No 1)
Carol Wincenc (flute), Philip Setzer (violin), Carter Brey (cello)

05:47 AM
Stefan Kisielewski (1911-1991)
Suite from the ballet "Fun Fair"
Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra Katowice, Michal Nesterowicz (conductor)

06:00 AM
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
13 Pieces for piano (Op.76)
Eero Heinonen (piano)

06:20 AM
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Symphony no 5 in F major, Op 76
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, James Conlon (conductor)


SUN 07:00 Breakfast (m0008w6g)
Al-Andalus

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, which today features music of Al-Andalus, an historical region and period in medieval Islamic Spain and Portugal. The programme also includes a Sounds of the Earth slow radio soundscape.

Contact the studio by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

On Sunday 29 September 2019, Radio 3 celebrates Al-Andalus: an historical area and period of Islamic Spain and Portugal, spanning 800 years of music, culture and history that still resonates throughout the region today. Throughout the day, we'll hear music and poetry from the period itself, alongside classical and contemporary music that traces its roots back to Al-Andalus, including Fado, Flamenco and Fandango.

From 12-3pm, Hannah French presents a live programme with guests including musicologist Jonathan Shannon, historian Hugh Kennedy and Sabiha Al Khemir, a historian of Islamic art. The Early Music Show is presented by the founder of Joglaresa - Belinda Sykes, and there will be contributions from food writer Claudia Roden and linguist Dr Alice Corr plus performers Amina Alaoui and the Moroccan-based Orchestre Arabo-Andaloui de Fez.

Later on, The Listening Service seeks out the essence of Spain in music of later centuries and asks how we can recognise a "Spanish" sound in the music of today. And Words and Music comes from the Alhambra in Granada: actors Candela Gomez and Khalid Abdalla perform readings alongside music and recordings from Spain as we journey around the world-famous palace, built in AD 889.

The day closes with Fado music from the Portuguese city of Coimbra (known during the time of Al-Andalus as Al-Madina), followed by highlights from a concert of early Renaissance music from the Granada Festival in June.


SUN 09:00 Sunday Morning (m0008w6j)
Sarah Walker with Shostakovich, Arne and Ravel

Sarah Walker’s Sunday morning selection features the Concertino for Two Pianos in A minor by Shostakovich. There’s more Russian music from Tchaikovsky, and earlier English music from Arne and Morley, as well as music from Moorish Spain. The Sunday Escape features part of Ravel's Miroirs.


SUN 12:00 The Early Music Show (m0008w6l)
Early Music Show Special: Al-Andalus!

AL-ANDALUS! THE TREASURES OF MOORISH SPAIN & PORTUGAL.

A day of programme exploring the music and culture of Al-Andalus - the 800 year period of Muslim rule in Spain and Portugal which ended in 1492. Al-Andalus was both a beacon of learning and knowledge in the Middle Ages and a place of subordination for Christians and Jews. The music and culture which emerged from the three faiths left a unique legacy.

Hannah French is joined in the studio by guests including musicologist Jonathan Shannon, Islamic art historian Sabiha al Khemir and historian Hugh Kennedy to explore the music and culture of Al-Andalus, with contributions from linguist Dr Alice Corr and food writer Claudia Roden.

1200 - Hannah French introduces us to some of sights and sounds pf Al-Andalus alongside guests Sabiha al Khemir and Hugh Kennedy.

1215 – THE MUSIC OF AL-ANDALUS
Singer and performer Belinda Sykes delves into the Arabic influences on the music of the Iberian Peninsula - connections, parallels and differences between the various secular repertoires of medieval Spain.

1315 - Hannah French and guests explore how the culture of Al-Andalus has influenced modern-day Spanish and Portuguese language, architecture, food, literature and music, including contributions from linguist Dr Alice Corr (Birmingham University) and food writer Claudia Roden.

1345 - FADO, & FLAMENCO – legacy of a different sort
Elizabeth Kinder delves into more contemporary Spanish and Portuguese music including fado, flamenco and fandango to find out how the music of Al-Andalus has left its mark. With contributions from Rui Nery (foremost expert on fado, based in Lisbon), Juan Pinilla (flamenco singer, based in Granada) and Anita La Maltesa (performer of fandango and flamenco dance, based in London).

1410 – Hannah French and guests ask where the Al-Andalus traditions are most alive today, in music, language, architecture and writing.

1415 - AMINA ALAOUI
Amina Alaoui is a Moroccan-born exponent of the Andalus tradition, who really opened the doors for female singers to perform this repertoire. Having studied in Granada, she specialises in the gharnati (the Arabic word for Granada) style of music. Amina talks about her studies, her career and about her love of this music, and we hear some of her favourite music.

1430 - Hannah French and her studio guests return to examine some of the myths and memories of Al-Andalus amongst Muslims and Europeans today

1440 - ORCHESTRE ARABO-ANDALOUI DE FEZ
This musical tradition is still very much alive in north Africa today, but much less so in Spain and Portugal. We hear from musician Mohammed Briouel, artistic director of the Morocco-based Orchestre Arabo-Andaloui de Fes, to find out what this music means to him and his peers.

1450
Hannah French and her guests sum up the afternoon with final thoughts and some delicious treats courtesy of Claudia Roden!


SUN 15:00 Choral Evensong (m0008p79)
Wells Cathedral (2014 Archive)

An archive recording from Wells Cathedral (first broadcast 19 March 2014).

Introit: O quam gloriosum (Victoria)
Responses: Tomkins
Psalms: 1, 112 (Beale, Booth)
First Lesson: Genesis 50 vv.22-26
Office Hymn: Lord, hear the praises of thy faithful people (Coelites plaudant)
Organ prelude: Intonazione del settimo tono (A.Gabrieli)
Magnificat quinti toni (Praetorius)
Second Lesson: Matthew 2 vv.13-23
Nunc dimittis tertii toni (Victoria)
Anthem: Joseph fili David (Padilla)
Hymn: Who are these, like stars appearing (All Saints)
Organ Voluntary: Prelude and Fugue in C, BWV 547 (Bach)

Matthew Owens (Organist and Master of the Choristers)
Jonathan Vaughn (Assistant Organist)


SUN 16:00 Al-Andalus: Choral and organ music from Spain and Portugal (m0008w6n)
As part of Radio 3’s day of programmes exploring the music and culture of Al-Andalus, Hannah French chooses Spanish and Portuguese music for choir and organ from the 16th century onwards.

Produced by Martin Williams


SUN 17:00 The Listening Service (m0008w6q)
Al-Andalus: What makes music sound Spanish?

Tom Service looks for the essence of Spain in the music of later centuries. Why was so much "Spanish" music written by Russian, French or German composers, and how do we recognise a "Spanish" sound in music now?


SUN 17:30 Words and Music (m0008w6s)
Al-Andalus: Nights in the Gardens of Spain

As part of Radio 3's focus on Al-Andalus, Words and Music transports you to the city of the Alhambra Palace: Granada, home to one of Spain’s greatest poets, Federico Garcia Lorca and the place more than any other in Andalusia to bear the imprint of Islamic rule. Field recordings made in Granada combine with music and readings connected to this captivating city, from the epigraphic poems that are written into the very walls of the Alhambra, to the medieval verse of Abd Allah ibn al-Simak, through to the verse and letters of Federico Garcia Lorca. Actors Candela Gomez and Khalid Abdalla also read contemporary takes on Granada's Flamenco bars by Victoria Hislop, and a melancholy modern-day visit to the Alhambra from Sameer Rahim's latest novel.

The Spanish soundtrack includes Flamenco specially recorded in one of Granada's historic guitar workshops by singer Juan Panilla and guitarist Francisco Manuel Diaz, pieces by that great Andalusian Manuel Da Falla as well as fellow Spaniards Albeniz and Granados, and a song from the Algerian singer Souad Massi who wrote a whole album inspired by the Arab-Andalusian poets. The music melds with the sounds of Granada's fountains, cicadas and birdsong for this special edition of the programme, as Radio 3 explores Al-Andalus.

Producer: Georgia Mann. Recordings in Granada made by Robert Winter.

READINGS:
Epigraphic poem on the Basin of the Lions at the Alhambra
Epigraphic poem from the Hall of the Two Sisters at the Alhambra
Extract from a letter by Federico Garcia Lorca to Melchor Fernandez Almagro
Garcia Lorca -La Guitarra
Washington Irving - Tales of the Alhambra
Sameer Rahim - Asghar and Zahra
Garcia Lorca - Baladilla de los tres ríos
Ibn Sa’id al-Maghribi -The Battle
Victoria Hislop - The Return
Gerald Brenan - South of Granada
Abu J’far, Ahmad ibn Sa’id - The Procuress
Abd Allah ibn al-Simak - The Garden
Extract from a letter by Federico Garcia Lorca to Benjamin Palencia
Garcia Lorca - Arbolé, Arbolé
Théophile Gautier - The Last Sigh of the Moor
Garcia Lorca - Little Tales of the Wind
Epigraphic poem Comares' Gate at the Alhambra
Garcia Lorca - Holy Week in Granada

01 00:01:58 Lior Elmaleh (artist)
Invocacion Qamti be-Ishon-Layla (Canta de los Cantares. Inspirado en Cantar 3, 1 -4)
Performer: Lior Elmaleh
Duration 00:01:34

02 00:03:30
Anon
Epigraphic poem from The Alhambra, Poem on the basin of the Lions read by Khalid Abdallah
Duration 00:00:54

03 00:04:20 Da Falla,
Extract from Nights in the Gardens of Spain (i. En el Generalife)
Performer: Steven Osbourne (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ludovic Morlot (conductor)
Duration 00:03:18

04 00:06:17
Anon
Epigraphic poem from The Alhambra, Poem in the Hall of the Two Sisters read by Candela Gomez
Duration 00:00:58

05 00:07:30
Federico García Lorca
Extract from a letter to Melchor Fernandez Almagro, read by Candela Gomez
Duration 00:00:43

06 00:08:12 Francisco Tárrega
Recuerdos de la Alhambra for guitar
Performer: Andres Segovia (guitar)
Duration 00:05:15

07 00:09:02
Federico García Lorca
La Guitarra, read by Candela Gomez and Khalid Abdallah
Duration 00:01:04

08 00:13:41 Juan Panilla (voice), Francisco Manuel Diaz (guitar) (artist)
La Guitarra
Performer: Juan Panilla (voice), Francisco Manuel Diaz (guitar)
Duration 00:02:15

09 00:15:56
Washington Irving
Extract from Tales of the Alhambra, read by Candela Gomez
Duration 00:01:00

10 00:17:03 Isaac Albéniz
Suite espanola, Op. 47: Granada
Performer: Alicia de Larrocha (piano)
Duration 00:05:03

11 00:22:14
Sameer Rahim
Extract from Asghar and Zahra, read by Khalid Abdallah
Duration 00:00:59

12 00:23:14 Inçiraf Dil
Li Ayyi Sabab
Performer: Amina Alaoui (vocalist), Ahmed Piro Et Son Orchestre
Duration 00:02:59

13 00:26:27 Isaac Albéniz
Iberia - book 3 for piano, no.1; El Albaicin
Performer: Alicia de Larrocha (piano)
Duration 00:01:25

14 00:27:59
Federico Garcia Lorca
Baladilla de los tres ríos, read by Candela Gomez
Duration 00:01:35

15 00:30:27 Anon
Extract from Taqsim instrumental & Danza morisca
Performer: Moslem Rahal (ney), Waed Bouhassoun (oud), Driss El Maloumi (oud), Hakan Gungor (kanun), Yurdal Tokcan (oud), Haig Sarikouyoumdjian (duduk), Erez Shmuel Mounk (percussion), Jordi Savall (Director)
Duration 00:02:11

16 00:31:00
Ibn Sa:id al-Maghribi
The Battle, read by Khalid Abdallah
Duration 00:00:25

17 00:32:46
Victoria Hislop
Extract from The Return, read by Candela Gomez
Duration 00:00:53

18 00:33:12 Juan Panilla (voice), Francisco Manuel Diaz (guitar) (artist)
Unknown
Performer: Juan Panilla (voice), Francisco Manuel Diaz (guitar)
Duration 00:02:37

19 00:35:48 Da Falla
El Sombrero de tres picos - suite no. 2, Dance of the miller (Farruca)
Performer: Los Angeles Philharmonic, Jesus Lopez-Cobos (conductor)
Duration 00:02:41

20 00:38:30
Gerald Brenan
Extract from South of Granada, read by Khalid Abdallah
Duration 00:01:00

21 00:39:32 Da Falla
Extract from Seven Popular Spanish Songs
Performer: Victoria De Los Angeles (soprano), Gonzalo Soriano (piano)
Duration 00:02:29

22 00:42:05
Abu J'far, Ahmad ibn Sa'id
The Procuress, read by Candela Gomez
Duration 00:01:00

23 00:43:11 Souad Massi
Saaiche
Performer: Souad Massi (voice)
Duration 00:03:37

24 00:47:03
Abd Allah ibn al-Simak
The Garden, read by Candela Gomez
Duration 00:00:49

25 00:47:56 Granados
Andaluza - Spanish Dance no.5
Performer: Judith Hall (flute), Tim Walker (guitar)
Duration 00:04:17

26 00:52:16
Federico Garcia Lorca
Extract from a letter to Benjamin Palencia, read by Khalid Abdallah
Duration 00:00:37

27 00:52:46 Pablo de Sarasate
Playera (Spanish Dance, Op. 23 No. 1)
Performer: Brodsky Quartet
Duration 00:04:48

28 00:53:21
Federico Garcia Lorca
Arbolé, Arbolé, read by Candela Gomez
Duration 00:01:15

29 00:57:34
Théophile Gautier
The Last Sigh of the Moor, read by Khalid Abdallah
Duration 00:02:15

30 00:59:53 Claude Debussy
Extract from Images, L. 118a: II. Iberia - Les parfums de la nuit
Performer: Orchestre National de France, Emmanuel Krivine (conductor)
Duration 00:06:06

31 01:06:09
Federico Garcia Lorca
Extract from Little Tales of the Wind, read by Candela Gomez
Duration 00:00:29

32 01:06:46
Anon
Epigraphic poem from The Alhambra, Poem on Comares: Gate, read by Khalid Abdallah
Duration 00:00:18

33 01:07:07 Zespedes
Ay que me abraso - guaracha
Performer: Hesperion XXI , La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Jordi Savall (Conductor)
Duration 00:03:27

34 01:10:39
Federico Garcia Lorca
Extract from Holy Week in Granada, read by Khalid Abdallah
Duration 00:01:11

35 01:11:52 Tomas Barrera/Rafael Calleja/Victoria de los Angeles
Adios Granada
Performer: Victoria de los Angeles (soprano)
Duration 00:02:07


SUN 18:45 Sunday Feature (m0008w6v)
Al-Andalus: the Legacy

Professor Andrew Hussey is an expert on Spain and North Africa but the period known as Al-Andalus - the 800 years when Spain was under Muslim rule - remains a mystery to him.

He sets out to find out what it was and to search for its legacy today in politics, culture and architecture.

Al-Andalus is often seen as a Golden Age of civilization in a corner of Europe whilst the rest of the continent was still deep in the Middle Ages. Great discoveries were made in the fields of science and medicine and some of the most beautiful architecture and poetry in Europe was being created. It is also, rightly or wrongly, credited as a time when different religions co-existed peacefully.

Reconquista - when Catholic rule was asserted across the country - was completed in 1492. This was followed by the Inquisition, a period of repression of the Jews and Muslims who remained behind, many of whom converted to Catholicism. The myth of modern Spain was born: Christian, homogeneous, and definitely not tainted by Al-Andalus.

This idea has travelled through the centuries, endorsed by the Franco dictatorship in the 20th century and embraced in the 21st by the new far right party Vox. At the same time, violent Islamist groups like Isis and Al Qaeda lay claim to Al-Andalus, for them a lost paradise.

Andrew embarks on a quest to find out what is truth and what is myth about Al-Andalus. He visits the great wonders of the Alhambra in Granada and the Mezquita in Cordoba but also looks for traces of Al-Andalus in the culture today. He hears how both Reconquista and Al-Andalus have been weaponised by different political groups. And he explores Spain's sometimes uneasy relationship with its Islamic past.

Producer Neil McCarthy


SUN 19:30 Drama on 3 (b09h3nf1)
The Devil's Passion

David Suchet stars as Satan - and a bible's-worth of other characters, human and animal - in this comic, gripping, poetic and pungent hell's-eye view of the Passion of Christ, written by renowned satirist, playwright and actor Justin Butcher.

33 AD. Jesus enters Jerusalem to fulfil his destiny. Satan ascends from Hell to stop him.

"Within the next hour, our operatives will isolate, engage and capture or kill the notorious leader of the most extreme, dangerous and contagious ideology to emerge in the modern era, whose terror activities represent the gravest threat to our interests across the region and the wider world.

I refer, of course, to the radical preacher and populist demagogue Y'shua Bar-Yessuf - the man known, by way of shorthand to our operatives, as 'Jesus'."

The Devil's Passion offers an outrageously entertaining fresh perspective - as the ancient story is played out once more, in our modern world of security, surveillance and ideological warfare.

Satan ..... David Suchet
Jesus ..... Amir El-Masry
Miriam ..... Lara Sawalha

Written by Justin Butcher
Produced and Directed by Jonquil Panting
Sound Design by Jack C Arnold.


SUN 21:10 Radio 3 in Concert (m0008w6x)
Al-Andalus: Fado de Coimbra

As part of Radio 3's day of programmes exploring the music and culture of Al-Andalus - this concert features a style of music which can trace its roots back to medieval Moorish Portugal.

A concert of traditional Portuguese song, known as Fado, recorded earlier this year in Bucharest, featuring the Ricardo Dias Ensemble. Introduced by Fiona Talkington.

Introduced by Fiona Talkington.

Walk along the streets of any Portuguese town and city on a summer night, and you may come across a crowd gathered around the open windows, straining to hear the lyrical voice of a popular "fado" singer. The legend is that this famous torch song style singing native to Portugal, originated in Coimbra, thanks to the founder of its famous university being a well-known troubadour.

Fado specialists the Riccardo Dias Ensemble perform both traditional and modern reinventions of Portuguese Fado in this concert, recorded in Romania's Mihail Jora Concert Hall, Bucharest, Romania.

Producer: Helen Garrison


SUN 22:00 Early Music Late (m0008w6z)
Al-Andalus: Sollazzo Ensemble in Granada

As part of Radio 3's celebration of Al-Andalus, the culture of medieval Spain and Portugal, The Sollazzo Ensemble, directed by Anna Danilevskaia, perform sacred music in the Ars Nova style in a concert recorded at San Jeronimo Monastery as part of the Festival de Granada in Spain - one of the most influential cities in Al-Andalus.

The Ensemble was founded in Basel in 2014 and in 2015 won the York Early Music International Young Artists Prize. Elin Manahan Thomas presents.


SUN 23:00 The Alternative Bach, with Mahan Esfahani (m0003sgh)
Innovators

In the final part of the series, harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani ventures into the world of the innovators who have experimented with new instruments when recording Bach. By breaking wild, new ground that Bach could never have imagined, do we risk losing touch with the spirit of his music? Or might it sometimes bring us closer to it?

Mahan’s playlist features such pioneers as Wendy Carlos and her Moog synthesiser, and Gunnar Johansen and the Moor double-keyboard piano, as well as the accidental fruits born of a misguided attempt at historical revival: the ‘Bach bow’ as used by violinist Emil Telmanyi in the 1950s, which had the ability to play 4 or 5 strings at once - a feature mistakenly believed to have been present in Bach’s time.

Produced by Chris Elcombe.
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3.

01 00:02:37 Johann Sebastian Bach
Sinfonia (Cantata No 29, 'Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir')
Music Arranger: Wendy Carlos
Performer: Wendy Carlos
Duration 00:03:22

02 00:08:00 Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata in a-minor for solo violin, BWV 1003: Grave
Performer: Emil Telmányi
Duration 00:04:20

03 00:13:25 Johann Sebastian Bach
The 'Goldberg' Variations, BWV 988: Variations 8 and 11
Performer: Gunnar Johansen
Duration 00:03:47

04 00:18:38 Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: Courante
Performer: Sigiswald Kuijken
Duration 00:03:45

05 00:24:24 Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata in F major, BWV 540
Performer: Ralph Downes
Duration 00:09:02

06 00:35:04 Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata for viola da gamba and harpsichord in D Major, BWV 1028
Performer: Anner Bylsma
Performer: Bob van Asperen
Duration 00:12:47

07 00:50:33 Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude in E flat major, 'St. Anne', BWV 552
Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen
Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic
Duration 00:09:00