Leighton Pugh - Great Composers in Words & Music: Johann Sebastian Bach (2022)

Tracklist

01. Introduction
02. Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047: I. Allegro (Excerpt)
03. Hurtling Through Interstellar Space
04. Prelude in C Major, BuxWV 137: I. Prelude - II. Fugue (Excerpt)
05. After the Street Brawl and the Trip to See Buxtehude
06. Toccata & Fugue in F Major, BWV 540: I. Toccata (Excerpt)
07. Yet Buxtehude and the Northern German Musical Culture
08. Organ Concerto in C Major, BWV 594 (Excerpt)
09. Historians Have Argued That the Lesson Bach Learned
10. Double Violin Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1043: II. Largo, ma non tanto (Excerpt)
11. During Bach's Nearly Six Years at Köthen
12. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 24 in B Minor, BWV 869: II. Fugue (Excerpt)
13. The Second Köthen Composition That Has Come To Define
14. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048: I. — (Excerpt)
15. However Productive Bach May Have Been at Köthen
16. St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 39, Erbarme dich, mein Gott, um meiner Zähren Willen (Excerpt)
17. Bach’s Musical Activities in the Years Following
18. Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 1052: I. Allegro (Excerpt)
19. As Well as Its Regular Weekly Concerts
20. Musikalisches Opfer, Op. 6, BWV 1079: Sonata à 3, Allegro (Excerpt)
21. Despite Bach’s Travelling and Various Guest Appearances
22. The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus inversus XII à 4 (Excerpt)
23. As Well as Exhibiting Bach’s Penchant for the Theoretical Aspect
24. Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Dona nobis pacem (Excerpt) [1]
25. We Know of Nothing That Bach Composed After This Movement
26. Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Dona nobis pacem (Excerpt) [2]



Johann Sebastian Bach today has a reputation as the Godfather of Western European music, as a fountainhead of classical music theory and the creator of some of the greatest works the world has ever produced. Better known as a keyboard virtuoso, Bach was not regarded as a genius in his day, so how did this headstrong and belligerent but ambitious young musician become so extraordinarily productive? What were his influences? How did he end up in jail and what did he get up to in Café Zimmerman? Discover all of this and more in this fascinating biography of a composer who, to Max Reger, represented ‘the beginning and the end of all music’. The narrative is illustrated with musical excerpts including the Brandenburg Concertos, Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, Harpsichord Concerto in D minor, The Art of Fugue, St Matthew Passion and theMass in B minor among many others.

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