Life and Works: BACH, J.S. (Siepmann)

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Life and Works (more info)
Composed by: Jeremy Siepmann Johann Sebastian Bach
Jeremy Siepmann, narrator
John Shrapnel, actor


1.   Family background and early years - 8:39
2.   Music: Capriccio on the Departure of His Beloved Brother - 3:32
3.   Bach and the organ - 2:02
4.   Music: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 - 10:04
5.   Bach in trouble - 10:17
6.   Music: Trio Sonata in E flat, BWV 525 - 4:54
7.   Bach the husband and father - 4:11
8.   Music: Vivaldi / Bach: Concerto in A minor for Four Harpsichords - 3:58
9.   Bach the young composer - 2:12
10.   Music: Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543 - 12:52
11.   Bach in Weimar (and in jail) - 3:46
12.   Music: Prelude in E flat minor (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I) - 3:19
13.   Bach leaves Weimar - 0:28
14.   Music: Violin Concerto in E major (Finale) - 2:39

Life and Works (more info)
Composed by: Jeremy Siepmann Johann Sebastian Bach
Jeremy Siepmann, narrator
John Shrapnel, actor


1.   Bach at Cothen - 2:56
2.   Music: Concerto for Two Violins (Largo ma non tanto) - 6:47
3.   Bach and the Brandenburgs - 2:35
4.   Music: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D (first movement) - 9:20
5.   From grief to joy though faith - 1:27
6.   Music: 'Et Resurrexit' (B Minor Mass) - 4:38
7.   New beginnings: Bach remarries and his family grows - 2:09
8.   Music: Aria in G - 3:46
9.   Goldberg Variations and Anna Magdalena's Notebook - 0:51
10.   Music: Stolzel: Bist du bei Mir - 2:25
11.   Domestic happiness and the move to Leipzig - 4:16
12.   Music: Magnificat - 3:15
13.   Bach's duties at Leipzig - 4:48
14.   Music: Canata No. 80 (Duetto) - 3:44
15.   Bach the teacher - 7:00
16.   Music: Sinfonia (Three-Part Invention) in E flat - 2:46
17.   The great keyboard works with an educational agenda - 0:16
18.   Music: Italian Concerto (last movement) - 3:28
19.   A letter to the King - 2:26
20.   Music: Cantata No. 147 (opening chorus) - 4:25

Life and Works (more info)
Composed by: Jeremy Siepmann Johann Sebastian Bach
Jeremy Siepmann, narrator
John Shrapnel, actor


1.   Bach takes up the poet's pen - 2:45
2.   Music: Partita No. 1 in B flat, BWV 825 (Courante) - 3:01
3.   Bach's frustration at Leipzig - 4:01
4.   Music: Singet dem Herrn, BWV 225 - 4:50
5.   Frustrations intensify - 3:25
6.   Music: St John Passion (opening chorus) - 8:30
7.   Bach's efforts to leave Leipzig - 6:12
8.   Music: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 (first movement) - 3:52
9.   The King of Poland's jubilee - 2:07
10.   Music: Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068 - 6:18
11.   The Ernesti affair - 9:05
12.   Music: Prelude in D Major, BWV 532 - 5:30
13.   Adolf Scheibe's scathing views on Bach - 3:05
14.   Music: Concerto in C for Three Harpsichords (Finale) - 4:26

Life and Works (more info)
Composed by: Jeremy Siepmann Johann Sebastian Bach
Jeremy Siepmann, narrator
John Shrapnel, actor


1.   Bach and opera - 2:29
2.   'Coffee' Cantata (excerpts) - 7:40
3.   'Peasant' Cantata (excerpts) - 15:42
4.   The twilight years - 4:57
5.   Music: The Art of Fugue - 3:00
6.   Bach's visit to Frederick the Great - 10:33
7.   Music: The Musical Offering - 6:07
8.   Decline and death - 8:04
9.   Music: Mass in B Minor - 2:21

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