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Angela Hewitt - Bach's French Suites

Live from Wigmore Hall in London, pianist Angela Hewitt performs all six of Bach's French Suites. Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch.

Live from Wigmore Hall in London, pianist Angela Hewitt performs all six of Bach's so-called 'French Suites'

Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Bach:
French Suite No. 1 in D minor, BWV 812
French Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV 813
French Suite No. 4 in E flat major, BWV 815

8.15: Interval

8.35
French Suite No. 6 in E major, BWV 817
French Suite No. 3 in B minor, BWV 814
French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816

Angela Hewitt (piano)

After tonight's concert there's a chance to hear works performed during a recent concert that surveyed music written and performed in Terezin and the Warsaw Ghetto - Music on the Brink of Destruction.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Part 1

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      French Suite no.1 in D minor BWV.812

      Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      French suite no. 2 in C minor BWV.813

      Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      French suite no. 4 in E flat major BWV.815

      Performer: Angela Hewitt.
  • Interval

    • Jean‐Baptiste Lully

      Le bourgeois gentilhomme (selection)

      Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
      • ALIA VOX.
  • Part 2

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      French suite no. 6 in E major BWV.817

      Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      French suite no. 3 in B minor BWV.814

      Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      French suite no. 5 in G major BWV.816

      Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

      Tambourin from Pièces de clavecin avec une méthode, Suite in E Minor, RCT 2

      Performer: Angela Hewitt.
  • Post-concert: Music on the brink of destruction

    • Pavel Haas

      Probděná from Four Songs on Chinese poetry

      Performer: Leo Nicholson. Singer: Sam Carl.
    • Martin Roman

      Wir reiten auf hölzernen Pferden from Karussell

      Performer: Lee Nicholson. Singer: Emily Kyte.
    • Ullmann

      Um Mitternacht, im Schlafe schon from Geistliche Lieder Op. 20

      Performer: Lee Nicholson. Singer: James Way.
    • Josima Feldschuh

      Mazurek Op. 10 No. 6

      Performer: Vera Mullerova.
    • Josima Feldschuh

      Nocturno Op. 16

      Performer: Vera Mullerova.
    • Josima Feldschuh

      Kujawiak Op. 13

      Performer: Vera Mullerova.

Broadcast

  • Fri 20 Jan 2017 19:30