Johann Sebastian Bach: Life and Works
Family background and early years
Music: Capriccio on the Departure of His Beloved Brother
Bach and the organ
Music: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
Bach in trouble
Music: Trio Sonata in E flat, BWV 525
Bach the husband and father
Music: Vivaldi / Bach: Concerto in A minor for Four Harpsichords
Bach the young composer
Music: Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543
Bach in Weimar (and in jail)
Music: Prelude in E flat minor (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I)
Bach leaves Weimar
Music: Violin Concerto in E major (Finale)
Bach at Cothen
Music: Concerto for Two Violins (Largo ma non tanto)
Bach and the Brandenburgs
Music: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D (first movement)
From grief to joy though faith
Music: 'Et Resurrexit' (B Minor Mass)
New beginnings: Bach remarries and his family grows
Music: Aria in G
Goldberg Variations and Anna Magdalena's Notebook
Music: Stolzel: Bist du bei Mir
Domestic happiness and the move to Leipzig
Music: Magnificat
Bach's duties at Leipzig
Music: Canata No. 80 (Duetto)
Bach the teacher
Music: Sinfonia (Three-Part Invention) in E flat
The great keyboard works with an educational agenda
Music: Italian Concerto (last movement)
A letter to the King
Music: Cantata No. 147 (opening chorus)
Bach takes up the poet's pen
Music: Partita No. 1 in B flat, BWV 825 (Courante)
Bach's frustration at Leipzig
Music: Singet dem Herrn, BWV 225
Frustrations intensify
Music: St John Passion (opening chorus)
Bach's efforts to leave Leipzig
Music: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 (first movement)
The King of Poland's jubilee
Music: Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068
The Ernesti affair
Music: Prelude in D Major, BWV 532
Adolf Scheibe's scathing views on Bach
Music: Concerto in C for Three Harpsichords (Finale)
Bach and opera
'Coffee' Cantata (excerpts)
'Peasant' Cantata (excerpts)
The twilight years
Music: The Art of Fugue
Bach's visit to Frederick the Great
Music: The Musical Offering
Decline and death
Music: Mass in B Minor
