- 08:39Family background and early years
- 03:32Music: Capriccio on the Departure of His Beloved Brother
- 02:03Bach and the organ
- 10:04Music: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565
- 10:17Bach in trouble
- 04:55Music: Trio Sonata in E flat, BWV 525
- 04:11Bach the husband and father
- 03:58Music: Vivaldi / Bach: Concerto in A Minor for Four Harpsichords
- 02:12Bach the young composer
- 12:53Music: Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 543
- 03:47Bach in Weimar (and in jail)
- 03:19Music: Prelude in E-Flat Minor (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I)
- 00:28Bach leaves Weimar
- 02:39Music: Violin Concerto in E Major (Finale)
- 02:57Bach at Cothen
- 06:47Music: Concerto for Two Violins (Largo ma non tanto)
- 02:36Bach and the Brandenburgs
- 09:21Music: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D (first movement)
- 01:28From grief to joy though faith
- 04:38Music: 'Et Resurrexit' (B Minor Mass)
- 02:10New beginnings: Bach remarries and his family grows
- 03:47Music: Aria in G
- 00:51Goldberg Variations and Anna Magdalena's Notebook
- 02:25Music: Stolzel: Bist du bei mir
- 04:17Domestic happiness and the move to Leipzig
- 03:16Music: Magnificat
- 04:48Bach's duties at Leipzig
- 03:44Music: Canata No. 80 (Duetto)
- 07:01Bach the teacher
- 02:46Music: Sinfonia (Three-Part Invention) in E flat
- 00:16The great keyboard works with an educational agenda
- 03:28Music: Italian Concerto (last movement)
- 02:27A letter to the King
- 04:26Music: Cantata No. 147 (opening chorus)
- 02:46Bach takes up the poet's pen
- 03:01Music: Partita No. 1 in B flat, BWV 825 (Courante)
- 04:02Bach's frustration at Leipzig
- 04:50Music: Singet dem Herrn, BWV 225
- 03:25Frustrations intensify
- 08:30Music: St John Passion (opening chorus)
- 06:13Bach's efforts to leave Leipzig
- 03:53Music: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 (first movement)
- 02:08The King of Poland's jubilee
- 06:18Music: Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068
- 09:05The Ernesti affair
- 05:31Music: Prelude in D Major, BWV 532
- 03:06Adolf Scheibe's scathing views on Bach
- 04:26Music: Concerto in C for Three Harpsichords (Finale)
- 02:30Bach and opera
- 07:40'Coffee' Cantata (excerpts)
- 15:42'Peasant' Cantata (excerpts)
- 04:57The twilight years
- 03:00Music: The Art of Fugue
- 10:33Bach's visit to Frederick the Great
- 06:08Music: The Musical Offering
- 08:05Decline and death
- 02:22Music: Mass in B Minor
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