Passion and Joy: The Masterpieces of J.S. Bach
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Week One: Bright Beginnings and Noble Failures
Fantasias and Organ Works, the Brandenburg Concertos, Chaconne in d minor for solo violin

Week Two: The Encyclopedia of Human Emotion
The Well Tempered Clavier, Book One

Week Three: Great Keyboard Materworks
The Partitas, Suites, Italian Concerto and Goldberg Variations

Week Four: Lutheran Liturgical Life and Bach as the "Fifth Evangelist"
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, Wachet Auf, 

Week Five:  The Sublime and the Ridiculous
The Coffee Cantata, The  Passions According to St. John and St. Matthew


Recommended Reading:
Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician, Christoph Wolff
Bach: Music in the Castle of Heaven by John Eliot Gardiner