Bach and the High Baroque

Part 1: Lecture 1. Introduction

lecture 2. Christmas, 1722

lecture 3. Introduction to the Baroque aesthetic

lecture 4. Fugue

lecture 5. Historical overview from Constantine through the great thinkers of the Baroque

lecture 6. Style features of High Baroque music, part l

a musical glossary

lecture 7. Style features of High Baroque music, part II

a musical glossary

lecture 8. Style features of High Baroque music, part III

a musical glossary.

Part 2: Lecture 9. Bach's inheritance, part I

the Protestant Reformation and the rise of Lutheranism

lecture 10. Lutheranism, the chorale and the chorale prelude

lecture 11. Bach's inheritance, part II

the development of the Italian style

lecture 12. The Italian style, the operatic ideal and Lutheran spirituality are joined

lecture 13. Vivaldi, Bach and the concerto, part I

Vivaldi and the Venetian opera

lecture 14. Vivaldi, Bach and the concerto, part II

Vivaldi's model and Bach, Violin Concerto No. 2 in E Major

lecture 15. Vivaldi, Bach and the concerto, part II

Bach Violin Concerto No. 2 in E Major (cont.)

lecture 16. Vivaldi, Bach and the concerto, part III

the Concerto Grosso and the Brandenburg Concerto No. 2.

Part 3: Lecture 17. Bach and the French style, part I

dance and the orchestral suite

lecture 18. Dance and the orchestral suite (cont.)

lecture 19. Bach and the French style, part II

the keyboard suite

lecture 20. The keyboard suite (cont.)

lecture 21. Bach and opera, part I

Cantata No. 140 Wachet auf, uns ruft die stimme

lecture 22. Canata No. 140 Wachet auf, uns ruft die stimme (cont.)

lecture 23. Bach and opera, part II

opera buffa and the secular cantata, the Coffee Cantata

lecture 24. Opera buffa and the secular cantata, the Coffee Cantata (cont.)

Part 4: Lecture 25. Bach transcendent

the Saint Matthew Passion, part I

lecture 26. Bach transcendent

the Saint Matthew Passion, part II

lecture 27. Bach transcendent

the Saint Matthew Passion, part III

lecture 28. Bach transcendent

the Saint Matthew Passion, part IV

lecture 29. Bach transcendent

the Goldberg Variations, part I

lecture 30. Bach transcendent

the Goldberg Variations, part II

lecture 31. Bach transcendent

the Goldberg Variations, part III

lecture 32. Bach transcendent

the Goldberg Variations, part IV.