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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

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 Christian Bach (1735-1782)

Composer of the Week: Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782): Episode 1: Lured by the Stage

Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782)

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Episode 1: Lured by the Stage

Lured by the Stage

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782), Lured by the Stage

With Donald Macleod. JC Bach rejects a typically Bach career as a provincial organist.

With Donald Macleod. JC Bach veers away from a typically Bach career as a provincial organist, and heads instead for Italy, and opera.

Donald Macleod introduces music and stories from the life of Johann Christian Bach, these days best known as the younget son of JS Bach, but in his day, the most famous Bach of all. Today, we follow JC Bach as he veers away from a typically Bach career as a provincial organist, and heads instead to Italy, and opera.

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Donald Macleod introduces music and stories from the life of Johann Christian Bach

Donald Macleod introduces music and stories from the life of Johann Christian Bach, today best-known as the youngest son of Johann Sebastian, but in his day, the most famous Bach of all

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