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137: Special Guest! Peter Wollny

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136: Bach's 12-Tone Fugue (WTC Finale!)

At Long Last: BWV 869, Prelude & Fugue in b minor, WTK 1

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135: H Major! The Final Major (And Tuning It...)

BWV 868, B Major Prelude and Fugue, The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I

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134: 5 Flats, 5 Voices: Bach in B-flat Minor

The Ethereal Prelude and Fugue, BWV 867, WTC I

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119: Special Guest! Paul Jacobs

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Conclusion to our study of the Vom Himmel Hoch variations.

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MiniSeries! 9: Revisions Part Two

Textual differences between published and handwritten versions.

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MiniSeries! 8: A Bachian Fractal

A world in five measures. The finale of BWV 769.

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J.S. Bach explained — analysis, Baroque history, counterpoint & performance practice. For listeners who want to understand what they're hearing (with a nod to Shakespeare now and then...) "Thank Bach for God."

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