# Masaaki Suzuki

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Masaaki Suzuki on Interpreting Bach

A conductor, harpsichordist, and organist, Masaaki Suzuki stands as a towering figure in Baroque music, renowned for his comprehensive and top-tier recordings of Bach's works, including all of Bach's sacred and secular cantatas. Suzuki's unparalleled dedication extends beyond Bach, with significan…

In the Spotlight - March 25

7:00 PM In the Spotlight with Ian Johnston 07:01 PM BACH Cantata Bwv182 Himmelskonig, Sei Wilkommen Yumiko Kurisu, Soprano / Yoshikazu Mera, Counter Tenor / Makoto Sakurada, Tenor And Peter Kooy, Bass With Bach Collegium Japan Conducted By Masaaki Suzuki 07:30 PM DURANTE De Lamentationes Jeremiae …

“Organ Spirit”

In this episode, we discuss recordings of “A Monk's Life” (Hyperion) by The Brabant Ensemble / Stephen Rice, “Masaaki Suzuki Plays Bach Organ Works, Vol. 6” (BIS) by Masaaki Suzuki, “Yves Castagnet: Magnificat” (Warner Classics) by Yves Castagnet & Maîtrise Notre-Dame de Paris / Henri Chalet, “C’Mo…

93: The 'Actus Tragicus' BWV 106

A beloved cantata from Bach’s early 20s, the Actus Tragicus anticipates the future of opera more than it foreshadows Bach’s own later cantatas. Albert Schweitzer’s beautiful writing on Bach features heavily in this episode. Here is the tuning video with chorale in question toward the end of the ep…

Johann Sebastian Bach. An introduction in nine pieces.

If you've ever been puzzled why once you scratch the surface of classical music the name Johann Sebastian Bach seems to just keep turning up… this episode might offer some clues… beyond the fact that the music is pretty good. With the assistance of The English Concert, Maurizio Pollini, John Eliot …

Masaaki and Masato Suzuki on Brahms's Ein deutsches Requiem

In this week's episode, Editor Martin Cullingford met with the founder and Music Director of Bach Collegium Japan Masaaki Suzuki, along with the group's Principal Conductor Masato Suzuki, to talk about their new recording of Brahms's Ein deutsches Requiem, available now on BIS – as well as discussi…

Friday FIVE: April 3 - Hope in the Passion

On Good Friday, hope can seem out of place. Yet after hearing Bach’s St. Matthew Passion in Tokyo, Japan, audiences often ask conductor Masaaki Suzuki to explain what “hope” means in the Christian sense. In this episode, I reflect on how Bach’s music carries the logic of death and resurrection acro…

138: Bach's Very First Cantata

Who is Doctor Conrad Meckbach, and what is he doing in the middle of cantata 150?! Using clues from a clever acrostic spread throughout the text, scholars have securely dated this cantata to Bach’s years in Arnstadt. Penitential in theme, it would have been performed during Lent, 1707. It is now co…