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Stephen Johnson explores how Leipzig's coffee society found its perfect counterpart in the music of Bach and the orchestral suites which he performed among the clinking cups. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
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Stephen Johnson explores how Bach, a devout Lutheran, set about producing a Latin mass in the Catholic tradition, and unpacks some of the many musical clues to its meaning. Show more
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Stephen Johnson examines the sources of Bach's setting of the St Mark Passion. Show more
An exploration of what Bach’s harpsichord piece from the 1740s Goldberg Variations means to different people now. From 2010. Show more
An exploration of how Bach's St Matthew Passion, written in 1727, still touches and changes people's lives today. From September 2012. Show more
Was this most famous piece of organ music really written by Bach? Show more
Bach's monumental work played by András Schiff.
Played by Yo-Yo Ma
Played by Yo-Yo Ma
Played by Yo-Yo Ma
Played by Yo-Yo Ma
Played by Yo-Yo Ma
Played by Yo-Yo Ma
Alina Ibragimova plays Bach's Sonata no 1 in G minor.
Alina Ibragimova plays Bach's Partita no 1 in B minor.
Alina Ibragimova plays Bach's Partita No. 3 in E major.
Alina Ibragimova plays Bach's Sonata no 2 in A minor.
Alina Ibragimova plays Bach's Partita No. 2 in D minor.
Alina Ibragimova plays Bach's Sonata No. 3 in C major.
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Ian Skelly talks to Giles Fraser and James Gilchrist about the core aspects of the theology surrounding Bach's St John Passion. Show more
