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W.T.F. Bach?

J.S. Bach explained — analysis, Baroque history, counterpoint & performance practice. For listeners who want to understand what they're hearing (with a nod to Shakespeare now and then...) "Thank Bach for God."

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144: Why (And How) I Learned The Organ

Personal Reflections on Careers, Musical Identities, and Self-Doubt

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143: Special Guest, Emma Smith (University of Oxford)

Bach and Shakespeare. What do they have in common?

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142: Monster Toccata in F, BWV 540

Bach's Longest Piece (Revision)

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Parallel Fifths in Bach

Are they 'mistakes?'

Classical Music Robots

(6 Min. Rant)

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141: Bach's Orchestral Debut

BWV 71, Bach's First Big Cantata

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140a: Passacaglia Supplement

Paul Jacobs Live, + Super, Super, Super Slow MIDI

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140: PASSACALIA

The Passacaglia and Fugue (Finally!) Bach's Youthful Keyboard Masterpiece

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139: Bach's Second (or Third) Cantata

Out of the depths, I cry to Thee! BWV 131

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138: Bach's Very First Cantata

BWV 150, Nach Dir, Herr, Verlanget Mich (For Thee, Lord, Is My Longing)

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