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Life and Works: BACH, J.S. (Siepmann)
Although now beloved and revered by millions as the greatest composer who ever lived, Johann Sebastian Bach was best known in his lifetime as an organist, and was eclipsed in fame, as a composer, by two of his 20 children. For the last 27 years of his life he was a schoolteacher and a choir director whose duties extended to meal supervision and dormitory inspection. Yet throughout his career he composed a vast body of music, which is amongst the most joyful, dancing and enrapturing ever written. This portrait in sound includes many examples of the music that made him immortal.
This series presents the life and work of the major composers. The recording is illustrated with quotations from the composer and his contemporaries, enhanced by extended extracts from representative works. In the companion booklet are essays and notes on the composer and his times.
Tracklist
Siepmann, Jeremy - Author
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1 | Family background and early years | 08:39 |
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2 | Music: Capriccio on the Departure of His Beloved Brother | 03:32 |
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3 | Bach and the organ | 02:02 |
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4 | Music: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565 | 10:04 |
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5 | Bach in trouble | 10:17 |
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6 | Music: Trio Sonata in E flat, BWV 525 | 04:54 |
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7 | Bach the husband and father | 04:11 |
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8 | Music: Vivaldi / Bach: Concerto in A Minor for Four Harpsichords | 03:58 |
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9 | Bach the young composer | 02:12 |
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10 | Music: Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 543 | 12:52 |
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11 | Bach in Weimar (and in jail) | 03:46 |
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12 | Music: Prelude in E-Flat Minor (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I) | 03:19 |
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13 | Bach leaves Weimar | 00:28 |
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14 | Music: Violin Concerto in E Major (Finale) | 02:39 |
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1 | Bach at Cothen | 02:56 |
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2 | Music: Concerto for Two Violins (Largo ma non tanto) | 06:47 |
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3 | Bach and the Brandenburgs | 02:35 |
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4 | Music: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D (first movement) | 09:20 |
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5 | From grief to joy though faith | 01:27 |
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6 | Music: 'Et Resurrexit' (B Minor Mass) | 04:38 |
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7 | New beginnings: Bach remarries and his family grows | 02:09 |
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8 | Music: Aria in G (from Goldberg Variations) | 03:46 |
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9 | Goldberg Variations and Anna Magdalena's Notebook | 00:51 |
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10 | Music: Stolzel: Bist du bei mir | 02:25 |
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11 | Domestic happiness and the move to Leipzig | 04:16 |
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12 | Music: Magnificat | 03:15 |
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13 | Bach's duties at Leipzig | 04:48 |
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14 | Music: Canata No. 80 (Duetto) | 03:44 |
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15 | Bach the teacher | 07:00 |
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16 | Music: Sinfonia (Three-Part Invention) in E flat | 02:46 |
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17 | The great keyboard works with an educational agenda | 00:16 |
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18 | Music: Italian Concerto (last movement) | 03:28 |
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19 | A letter to the King | 02:26 |
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20 | Music: Cantata No. 147 (opening chorus) | 04:25 |
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1 | Bach takes up the poet's pen | 02:45 |
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2 | Music: Partita No. 1 in B flat, BWV 825 (Courante) | 03:01 |
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3 | Bach's frustration at Leipzig | 04:01 |
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4 | Music: Singet dem Herrn, BWV 225 | 04:50 |
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5 | Frustrations intensify | 03:25 |
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6 | Music: St John Passion (opening chorus) | 08:30 |
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7 | Bach's efforts to leave Leipzig | 06:12 |
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8 | Music: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 (first movement) | 03:52 |
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9 | The King of Poland's jubilee | 02:07 |
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10 | Music: Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068 | 06:18 |
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11 | The Ernesti affair | 09:05 |
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12 | Music: Prelude in D Major, BWV 532 | 05:30 |
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13 | Adolf Scheibe's scathing views on Bach | 03:05 |
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14 | Music: Concerto in C for Three Harpsichords (Finale) | 04:26 |
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1 | Bach and opera | 02:29 |
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2 | 'Coffee' Cantata (excerpts) | 07:40 |
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3 | 'Peasant' Cantata (excerpts) | 15:42 |
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4 | The twilight years | 04:57 |
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5 | Music: The Art of Fugue | 03:00 |
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6 | Bach's visit to Frederick the Great | 10:33 |
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7 | Music: The Musical Offering | 06:07 |
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8 | Decline and death | 08:04 |
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9 | Music: Mass in B Minor | 02:21 |