Alison Balsom
chooses the St Matthew Passion by J. S. Bach
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Winner of Gramophone and Classical Brits Awards. Released 9 recordings of classical trumpet music. Soloist in the Last Night of Proms (2009)
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St Matthew Passion by J.S. Bach
Alison Balsom chooses the St Matthew Passion by J.S. Bach, which she describes as the聽towering achievement of western music. She tells John Wilson why the recording by Philippe Herreweghe (Harmonia Mundi) is particularly special to her.
From the Archive
John Eliot Gardiner
Conductor and baroque expert Sir John Eliot Gardiner on a lifetime spent with Bach.
Saved by Bach
The extraordinary story of a man brought back to life by the St Matthew Passion.
The Sound of Baroque
A look at the radically different ways of playing Baroque music. With the composer Ralph Vaugham Williams and broadcaster Tom Service.
The Trumpet
Alison Balsom talks to John Wilson about the physical challenges of playing the trumpet.
Bach's Handwritten Score
James Naughtie on the painstaking effort J S Bach took to produce the score of the St Matthew Passion and why he used coloured pencils.
From The Making of Music 25 Jun 2007
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