J.S. Bach: French Suites, BWV 812-817 The Great Service Composed during autumn 2004 and

Composed during autumn 2004 and early 2005

Taking its name from two British composers of the last one hundred years

From Gipps’ Jane Grey

Alex Heffes (Theme from ‘Touching The Void’)

The album also boasts a major new carol suite by Bob Chilcott

J.S. Bach: French Suites, BWV 812-817 The Great Service Composed during autumn 2004 andJulian Perkins (clavichord) Making his Resonus solo recording debut, early keyboard player Julian Perkins records the fascinating six French Suites by J. S. Bach on clavichord, the most delicate of keyboard instruments that was favoured by Bach himself. Completing the recording, Perkins includes solo suites by Johann Jakob Froberger and Georg Philipp Telemann, both of whom Bach is thought to have studied by moonlight in his earlier years. Julian