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Radio 3,64 mins

Bach in Weimar

Composer of the Week

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Donald Macleod charts the period from 1708 to 1717, which Bach spent working at the ducal court in Weimar as court organist and concertmaster – including the composer's eventful final years at the ducal court, when his manoeuvres to secure a new job landed him in Weimar's prison for a brief spell.

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