Passion and Joy: The Masterpieces of J.S. Bach
Week One: Bright Beginnings and Noble Failures
Fantasias and Organ Works, the Brandenburg Concertos, Chaconne in d minor for solo violin
Week Two: The Encyclopedia of Human Emotion
The Well Tempered Clavier, Book One
Week Three: Great Keyboard Materworks
The Partitas, Suites, Italian Concerto and Goldberg Variations
Week Four: Lutheran Liturgical Life and Bach as the "Fifth Evangelist"
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, Wachet Auf,
Week Five: The Sublime and the Ridiculous
The Coffee Cantata, The Passions According to St. John and St. Matthew
Recommended Reading:
Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician, Christoph Wolff
Bach: Music in the Castle of Heaven by John Eliot Gardiner
Week One: Bright Beginnings and Noble Failures
Fantasias and Organ Works, the Brandenburg Concertos, Chaconne in d minor for solo violin
Week Two: The Encyclopedia of Human Emotion
The Well Tempered Clavier, Book One
Week Three: Great Keyboard Materworks
The Partitas, Suites, Italian Concerto and Goldberg Variations
Week Four: Lutheran Liturgical Life and Bach as the "Fifth Evangelist"
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, Wachet Auf,
Week Five: The Sublime and the Ridiculous
The Coffee Cantata, The Passions According to St. John and St. Matthew
Recommended Reading:
Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician, Christoph Wolff
Bach: Music in the Castle of Heaven by John Eliot Gardiner