The English Baroque Soloists and John Eliot Gardiner are joined by a group of distinguished soloists for this special programme of music by Johann Sebastian Bach's cousin Johann Christoph Bach (1642 - 1703)

It is very likely that J.S. Bach's father's cousin Johann Christoph, organist in Bach's home town, fostered in J.S. Bach a fascination for the art of composition. In preparing genealogical notes on his family, J.S. Bach singled out Johann Christoph for a special mention: "he was a profound composer". Gardiner