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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

Kate Molleson

An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Composer of the Week: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Episode 3: The Scheibe Criticism

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

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Episode 3: The Scheibe Criticism

The Scheibe Criticism

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), The Scheibe Criticism

Exploring Bach's response to criticism of his work by musician and critic Adolf Scheibe.

Donald Macleod explores Bach's response to criticism of his work by musician and critic Adolf Scheibe.

Though a legend in his own time, Bach wasn't appreciated by everyone in Leipzig. A certain J.A. Scheibe found cause for complaint against his music, calling it turgid, confused, and over-complicated. Donald Macleod looks at Bach's response to such criticism in his later years, and the concessions he may have made to the younger generation in his music. From the Mass in B Minor we'll hear the symmetrical Credo section, which stands at the centre of this huge work.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Donald Macleod explores the music of Bach's final years in Leipzig

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