Kayleen Asbo, Ph.D
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Masterpieces of Sorrow and Joy:
The Life and Works of J.S. Bach


Thursdays in Fall 2018
Begins October 4
10:15- Noon


Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
Dominican University at Novato Unity Campus


Johann Sebastian Bach lived a life that truly encompassed the heights and depths of human experience. Orphaned at nine, unappreciated by his employers and often beset by rejection (the Brandenburg Concertos were a failed job application), his life was a tapestry of  beauty, devotion and sorrow. Though he buried the majority of his twenty children before dying blind at 65, Bach never lost the capacity for joy,. His life--and his music--stands as a powerful lesson and source of inspiration for us all during troubled times. In this six week lecture-performance series, we will explore some of his greatest  keyboard masterworks through live musical performances, discovering the symbolism and  hidden secrets of some of the most soulful music every penned.
 
​October 4: The Brilliant Beginnings of J.S. Bach
The organ works: Toccata, Passacaglia, organ chorales
 
October 11: Concertos at Cothen
Italian Concerto
Keyboard Concertos
 
October 18: Loss and Sorrow
Violin Partita in d minor
 
October 25: Love and (Re-) Marriage and Children
French Suite No. 5 in G Major
The Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach
 
November 1: Dancing and Drinking
Partita No. 1 in Bb Major
Zimmermann’s Coffeehouse
The Goldberg Variations
 
November 8:  A Well Tempered Life
The Well Tempered Clavier


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Contact Kayleen Asbo: mythicamuse@gmail.com
  • Home
  • Pilgrimages
    • The Blessing Thread 1: Mary Magdalene and the Contemplative Tradition: Provence
    • Pilgrimage 2: Wales and Ireland >
      • Schedule and Links
    • The Way of the Hermit
  • The Heroine's Path
    • Ariadne's Thread
    • Queens of Heaven and Earth
    • The Map of the Heroine's Path
  • Online Classes
    • 22 Days of Magdalene
    • The Mystic Path and Poetry of T.S. Eliot >
      • Week One: Prophet of Despair
  • Coaching
  • About
  • Psyche and Eros