Oeuvre: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben - Cantata, BWV147

Andris Nelson’s repeated fast upward flicks of the baton were disquieting to watch.

Few concert programmes can feature such different works based on the same inspiration, but the BBC Philharmonic managed the intricacies of Bach and the grandeur of Bruckner with great success. The biggest tragedy of the evening was the audience: the whole top tier of seating was closed, and the stalls were barely half full.On his appointment as Kantor of the Leipzig Thomaskirche in 1723, J.S.