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Bach Collegium Japan
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The Bach Collegium Japan (BCJ) is an orchestra and chorus specialising in Baroque music. It was founded in 1990 by Masaaki Suzuki, a Japanese organist, harpsichordist and conductor. Since 1995 the Bach Collegium Japan have produced 40 recordings in a series of Johann Sebastian Bach's cantatas on the BIS label. The Bach Collegium Japan holds an annual concert series of Bach's cantatas and a number of instrumental programmes. BCJ has appeared at major festivals in cities such as Santiago de Compostela, Tel Aviv, Leipzig and Melbourne in 2000, the 250th. anniversary of Bach's death. In recent years BCJ has given concerts in the UK, Italy, USA, South Korea and Germany. These performances included J.S. Bach's cantatas, Magnificat, St. John Passion and his Mass in B minor. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050: I. Allegro
2,4252Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats, BWV 42: Sinfonia
1,7233Cantata, BWV 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben", Part 2: X. Chorale: "Jesu bleibet meine Freude" (Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring)
1,6674Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048: III. Allegro
1,5485Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048: I. Allegro
1,2226Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051: I.
6377Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat Major, BWV 1051: I. Allegro
5508Geistliche Chormusik, Op. 11, SWV 369-397: Verleih uns Frieden genadiglich, SWV 372
4329Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn, BWV 132 (excerpts): V. Aria: Christi Glieder, ach bedenket
35110Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049: I. Allegro
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