Bach Collegium Japan was founded by Masaaki Suzuki, its inspirational Music Director. Comprised of both Baroque orchestra and chorus, the ensemble has won a German Record Critics’ Award, a BBC Music Magazine Award, and the Choral category of the 2017 Gramophone Awards.   Roderick Williams is one of the world’s most sought-after baritones, who won the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Singer of the Year award in 2016. He was also awarded an OBE for services to music in June 2017.   Program Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067                                         Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Obbligato Harpsichord and Violin No. 3 in E Major, BWV1016   Georg Philipp Telemann: “Erquicktes Herz, sei voller Freuden” Cantata for Bass Solo, TWV 1:470 Georg Philipp Telemann: Paris Quaratet No. 1 in D Major, TWV 43:D2                 Johann Sebastian Bach: “Ich habe genug” Cantata for Bass Solo, BWV 82