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His playing too advanced for small-town churches, his cantatas far more complex than those of his contemporaries (and thus under-appreciated), Bach initially found his genius thwarted. This program surveys the amazing achievements of the man of whom Beethoven said: "Not brook but ocean should be his name." Interviews with cellist Pablo Casals and organist Pierre Cambourian complement an array of selections from Bach's music, such as Pascal Roge playing...
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The six Brandenburg Concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach rank among the undisputed favorites of all baroque fans. They have become a firm fixture in music education and an integral part of our international musical heritage. So what's their secret? Internationally acclaimed pianist and Bach expert Robert Levin provides an answer. Gottfried von der Goltz conducts the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
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During the years when Bach was in the service of the courts of Prince Leopold in Kothen, he had his own orchestra and was contracted to compose a great deal of instrumental music. This gave him an opportunity to try new techniques and to develop his own instrumental style. The six Brandenburg Concertos belongs to these masterpieces that he composed for a small ensemble. The joyously infectious performance of these masterpieces by the Freiburg Baroque...
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This program for the Famous Composers series introduces the life and work of the famous German composer J.S. Bach, starting with an overview of his family and the political and religious landscape of the time. Bach learned the violin at a young age and grew up around organ music in churches. He was soon earning money singing and successfully developing his musical talents as well as his scholarly mind. By seventeen he had been well-educated and obtained...
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J. S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 takes on new life in this Emmy-nominated Discovery Concert(tm) Conductor George Marriner Maull and the Philharmonic Orchestra of New Jersey create an interactive experience through which spectators become intimate with the concerto's third movement and the structure of a fugue. Engaging the live audience in spirited conversation, Maull cajoles them into listening carefully to excerpts played by the orchestra...
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Filmed at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, where Bach himself was the organist; the placement of choirs makes Bach's choral intentions clear in a way no recording or concert performance can. With Regina Werner, Rosemarie Lang, Peter Schreier, Siegfried Lorenz, Theo Adam, and the Choir of St. Thomas Church, Leipzig.