Episodes
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Episode 50: Bach’s “Art of Fugue,” BWV 1080
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Monday Mar 14, 2022
We’ll look at some of the fugues from Bach’s “Art of Fugue,” BWV 1080.
Monday Feb 21, 2022
Episode 49: Bach’s “Musical Offering,” BWV 1079
Monday Feb 21, 2022
Monday Feb 21, 2022
We’ll look at the ricercars, trio sonata and canons of the “Musical Offering.”
Thursday Jan 20, 2022
Episode 48: Bach’s “Organ Mass” (Clavier-Ubung III)
Thursday Jan 20, 2022
Thursday Jan 20, 2022
We’ll look at Bach’s “Organ Mass” (Clavier-Ubung or “Keyboard Practice” III) including the Trinity Prelude and Fugue and a sampling of the chorale preludes contained in the collection.
Thursday Dec 09, 2021
Episode 47: Bach‘s Cantatas for Alto Soloist
Thursday Dec 09, 2021
Thursday Dec 09, 2021
We’ll focus on BWV 35, “Spirit and Soul Become Confused,” and BWV 170, “Contented Peace.”
Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
Episode 46: Bach’s Partitas, BWV 825-830
Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
We’ll focus on Bach’s Partita No. 4 in D major, BWV 828, but also take a look at the opening movements of the other five partitas.
Monday Sep 27, 2021
Episode 45: Bach’s Cantatas for Bass Soloist
Monday Sep 27, 2021
Monday Sep 27, 2021
We’ll look at “Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen,” BWV 56 (“Gladly I will carry the Cross-Staff”), and “Ich Habe Genung,” BWV 82 (“I have enough”).
Monday Aug 23, 2021
Episode 44: Bach’s Music for Lute
Monday Aug 23, 2021
Monday Aug 23, 2021
We’ll focus on the Suite in E Minor, BWV 996, and the Suite in C Minor, BWV 997.
Friday Jul 16, 2021
Episode 43: Bach's Trio Sonatas
Friday Jul 16, 2021
Friday Jul 16, 2021
We’ll look at two of Bach’s trio sonatas: the Sonata in G major for Two Flutes, BWV 1039; and Bach’s Sonata in Eb for organ, BWV 525, in both the original and a trio sonata version.
Wednesday Jun 09, 2021
Episode 42: Bach’s Cantatas for Soprano: BWV 199 & BWV 52
Wednesday Jun 09, 2021
Wednesday Jun 09, 2021
We’ll look at two of Bach’s cantatas for soprano soloist: BWV 199, “My Heart Swims in Blood,” and BWV 52, “False World, I Do Not trust you.”
Monday May 03, 2021
Episode 41: Bach's Toccatas for Keyboard
Monday May 03, 2021
Monday May 03, 2021
We’ll focus on the Toccata in D major, BWV 912, and the Toccata in C minor, BWV 911.