Great Composers in Words & Music: Johann Sebastian Bach

26 SONGS • 1 HOUR AND 7 MINUTES • MAY 13 2022

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047: I. Allegro (Excerpt)

Swiss Baroque Soloists & Andrés Gabetta

01:12

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Hurtling Through Interstellar Space

10:23

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Prelude in C Major, BuxWV 137: I. Prelude - II. Fugue (Excerpt)

01:15

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After the Street Brawl and the Trip to See Buxtehude

06:38

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Toccata & Fugue in F Major, BWV 540: I. Toccata (Excerpt)

Wolfgang Rübsam

00:57

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Yet Buxtehude and the Northern German Musical Culture

03:23

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Organ Concerto in C Major, BWV 594 (Excerpt)

Wolfgang Rübsam

00:50

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Historians Have Argued That the Lesson Bach Learned

06:19

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Double Violin Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1043: II. Largo, ma non tanto (Excerpt)

Takako Nishizaki, Alexander Jablokov, Capella Istropolitana & Oliver von Dohnányi

01:34

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During Bach's Nearly Six Years at Köthen

02:31

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The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 24 in B Minor, BWV 869: II. Fugue (Excerpt)

Luc Beauséjour

01:27

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The Second Köthen Composition That Has Come To Define

03:07

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048: I. — (Excerpt)

Swiss Baroque Soloists & Andrés Gabetta

00:36

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However Productive Bach May Have Been at Köthen

06:33

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St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 39, Erbarme dich, mein Gott, um meiner Zähren Willen (Excerpt)

Gerhild Romberger, Jan Čižmář, Petra Morath-Pusinelli, Bachorchester Mainz & Ralf Otto

01:30

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Bach’s Musical Activities in the Years Following

03:20

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Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 1052: I. Allegro (Excerpt)

Robert Hill, Kölner Kammerorchester & Helmut Müller-Brühl

00:54

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As Well as Its Regular Weekly Concerts

05:42

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Musikalisches Opfer, Op. 6, BWV 1079: Sonata à 3, Allegro (Excerpt)

Nils Thilo Kramer, Ariane Pfister, Christian Benda & Sebastian Benda

00:51

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Despite Bach’s Travelling and Various Guest Appearances

01:57

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The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus inversus XII à 4 (Excerpt)

Wolfgang Rübsam

00:56

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As Well as Exhibiting Bach’s Penchant for the Theoretical Aspect

01:08

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Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Dona nobis pacem (Excerpt) [1]

Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Capella Istropolitana & Christian Brembeck

00:53

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We Know of Nothing That Bach Composed After This Movement

02:37

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Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Dona nobis pacem (Excerpt) [2]

Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Capella Istropolitana & Christian Brembeck

01:03

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