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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