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Tuesday, 15 May 2012

BBC Proms 2010 - Bach Day 10 - Sleepers Wake

....'Wachet auf , ruft uns die Stimme' , is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) .Written in Leipzig for the 27th Sunday after Trinity and first performed on November 25th , 1731..... Granville Bantock's arrangement of Bach's chorale "Wachet Auf " from cantata BWV 140( known in English as Sleepers wake) is performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andrew Litton on the 14th August 2010 at the Royal Albert Hall .

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