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6. Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: Menuet

7. Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: Air on the G String

8. Cantata BWV 147: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

9. Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565

11. Harpsichord Invention No 8 in F major, BWV 779

12. Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: Badinerie

13. Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach: Minuet in G major, BWV Ahn. 114

14. Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach: Musette in D major, BWV Anh.126

15. Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: Bourée

16. Sonata for Viola da Gamba & Harpsichord, BWV 1028

17. Concerto in D minor, BWV 1059: 2nd Movt.

18. Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: Courante

20. Cello Suite No. 6 in D major BWV 1012: Prelude

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Aria Variata, BVW. 989 - Variation No. 3

English Suite no. 2, BWV 807-1-Prelude

Goldberg Variations, BWV 988

Italian Concerto, BWV. 971 - 3 - Presto

Pablo Casals Dirige Concerto En La Mineur - I. Allegro

Sonata No.1, G minor - II. Fuga Allegro

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Prelude ı8, BWV 853

Marcello adagio

Introduction: The legacy of Johann Sebastian Bach

The Bachfest Leipzig 2013 "Vita Christi" retold the life of Jesus Christ in music, in oratorios, masses and cantatas

Statements from festival visitors

Biography: Bach comes to Leipzig

Pianist & composer Ketil Bjørnstad improvises on Bach's music and reflects on its existential content

Biography: Bach's work in Leipzig

Christoph Wolff, Director of the Bach Archive Leipzig: How Bach directed the St. Thomas Choir

Georg Christoph Biller, Musical Director of the St. Thomas Choir: It is the St Thomas's Choir’s responsibility to regularly perform works by Johann Sebastian Bach

Rehearsal: J.S. Bach: "Cum Sancto Spiritu" (from the Mass in B minor, BWV 232) | St. Thomas Choir, Georg Christoph Biller (conductor)

Georg Christoph Biller, Musical Director of the St. Thomas Choir: The Mass in B minor is an expression of Bach's skill and thinking

Christoph Wolff, Director of the Bach Archive Leipzig: The Kyrie and Gloria set an incomparable final accent in the Mass in B minor

The theological significance of Bach and the spirituality of his music

Stefan Altner, Managing Director of the St. Thomas Choir: Bach's music not only appeals to the intellect but also touches people emotionally

Bach as a Lutheran composer

Bach's deep religiousness

Helmut Loos, Musicologist: Bach made music at the service of God

Bach's work at the St. Nicholas Church in Leipzig

Rehearsal: J.S. Bach: Sinfonia (from the Cantata "Christ lag in Todesbanden", BWV 4) | Chamber Choir & Hofkapelle Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius (conductor)

Rehearsal: J. S. Bach: Aria "Jesus Christus, Gottes Sohn" (from the Cantata "Christ lag in Todesbanden", BWV 4) | Andreas Weller (tenor), Hofkapelle Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius (conductor)

Bach is the” fifth evangelist,” because his works retell the Christian story of salvation

Helmut Loos, Musicologist: Bach's music is proclamation—and deliberately elaborate proclamation at that

The Leipzig Chamber Choir Josquin des Préz presents a program with music from Bach's circle, including by Johann Kuhnau, who was musical director of the St. Thomas Choir before Johann Sebastian Bach

Christoph Wolff, Director of the Bach Archive Leipzig: Bach was influenced by Kuhnau

Music excerpt: Johann Kuhnau: Motet "Tristis est anima mea" (Sad is my soul) | Chamber Choir Josquin des Préz, Ludwig Böhme (conductor)

Bach was a sensuous man, a humble medieval craftsman who worked to honor God