{"podcast":{"title":"Composer of the Week Podcast","slug":"composer-of-the-week-podcast-41560","podcast_index_feed_id":41560,"rss_url":"https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/p02nrvd3.rss","website_url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nrvd3","image_url":"http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/3000x3000/p0nh2t4b.jpg","author":"BBC","episode_count":664,"summary":"BBC Radio 3's Composer Of The Week is a guide to composers and their music. The podcast is compiled from the week's programmes and published on Friday. It is only available in the UK.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-20T04:20:39.782074+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/composer-of-the-week-podcast-41560"},"episode":{"title":"Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)","slug":"johann-sebastian-bach-1685-1750","published_at":"2025-10-17T16:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/composer-of-the-week-podcast-41560/johann-sebastian-bach-1685-1750","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/composer-of-the-week-podcast-41560","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0m8qvn1","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0m8qns5.mp3","summary":"Johann Sebastian Bach is a towering cultural icon, a composer who might be seen as the poster boy for “serious music” and spent most of his career in the service of the church. But he played many roles in the course of his life, and could be funny, sassy, conniving, obstinate, and rebellious. Donald Macleod dives into Bach's secular music, and follows his trail as he makes his way in the world, from courts to coffee houses, building a family, two-timing his bosses, and even a stint behind bars. Featured music: Brandenburg Concerto No 5, BWV1050 (i. Allegro) Flute Sonata in E minor, BWV1034 Capriccio in honorem Johann Christoph Bach BWV993 Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV1004 (v. Chaconne) Organ Sonata No 4, BWV528 Lute Suite No 1 in E minor, BWV996 Partita for Solo Violin in E major, BWV1006 (IV. Menuet) Fugue in G minor for violin and basso continuo, BWV1026 Trio Sonata No 2 in C minor, BWV 526 Concerto after Vivaldi in A minor, BWV593 (i. Allegro) Cantata BWV208 'Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!' (excerpt) Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV565 Prelude and Fugue in F minor Prelude in D minor, BWV851 Brandenburg Concerto No 5, BWV1050 (iii. Allegro) Cantata BWV134a ‘Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht’: Ergetzet auf Erden Bach Collegium Japan Cello Suite No 2 in D minor, BWV1008 (Sarabande and minuets) French Suite No 4 in E-flat major, BWV815 (1st-4th movements) Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G major, BWV1049 Harpsichord Concerto BWV 1054 (iii. Allegro) Double Violin Concerto, BWV1043 (1st movement) Cantata, BWV214 “'Tönet, ihr Pauken'” (opening chorus) Orchestral Suite No 2, BWV1067 (3rd – 7th movements) Cantata BWV211 'Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht' (Coffee Cantata) “Peasant” Cantata – Mer hahn ein neue Oberkeet, BWV212: “Wir gehn nun wo der Dudels…","meta_description":"Johann Sebastian Bach is a towering cultural icon, a composer who might be seen as the poster boy for “serious music” and spent most of his career in the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4001,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/composer-of-the-week-podcast-41560/episodes/johann-sebastian-bach-1685-1750/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/composer-of-the-week-podcast-41560/johann-sebastian-bach-1685-1750.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}