Discovering Bach

Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Bach

Donald Macleod looks at five decades of Bach's music, and evolving style.

Donald Macleod explores the music of Bach's final years in Leipzig

Donald Macleod explores Bach's six years in service at the court of Cothen.

Bach's ten years spent working at the ducal court in Weimar.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Richard Egarr explore Concertos 1, 3 and 6.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Richard Egarr explore Concertos 2, 4 and 5.

Nicholas Anderson with a recommendation from recordings of Bach's concerto for two violins

Stephen Johnson and the BBC NOW explore music by Vivaldi and Bach.

Mark Lowther compares performances of Bach’s Orchestral Suites and makes a recommendation.

Stephen Johnson on how Leipzig's coffee society found its counterpart in Bach's music.

How Bach the devout Lutheran set about producing a mass in the Catholic tradition.

In this Proms Music Guide, Suzy Klein talks about Bach’s B Minor Mass.

Ian Skelly talks to Giles Fraser and James Gilchrist about Bach's St John Passion.

Simon Heighes with a personal recommendation from recordings of Bach's St John Passion

Stephen Johnson examines the sources of Bach's setting of the St Mark Passion.

Director Peter Sellars talks about his semi-staged production of Bach's St Matthew Passion

Howard Goodall and Suzy Klein discuss the opening of Bach's St Matthew Passion.

Jeremy Summerly with a recommendation from recordings of Bach's St Matthew Passion

Building a Library: Bach: Cantata No. 21 (Ich hatte viel Bekummernis)

Stephen Farr offers a few tips for assembling a collection of Bach organ music recordings

Stephen Johnson explores the Preludes and Fugues of Bach and Shostakovich.

Howard Goodall and Suzy Klein discuss Bach's Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C major.

Howard Goodall and Suzy Klein discuss Bach's Air on a G String.