BACH, J.S.: Life and Work of Johann Sebastian Bach (The) (Documentary, 2019)
Composer: Bach, Johann Sebastian
The Life and Work of Johann Sebastian Bach
Elysium Ensemble
Television Director: Hossick, Malcolm
Szucs, Ferenc
Cello:
Szucs, Ferenc
Year of Production: 2019
Playing Time: 00:34:35
Catalogue Number: L7917DVD
UPC: 709629279179
Johann Sebastian Bach is now reckoned to be one of the great masters of music. He was not a great innovator but built upon the developments of harmony which had begun with the occurance of the renaissance of learning and an understanding of the world in scientific terms in the centuries before him. He was an astonishingly gifted musician and his life was a tortured journey of success and drawbacks.
Writer, producer and director Malcolm Hossick explores how he worked and lived and assesses the contribution he made to music. It is followed by a brief overview of his huge output. Bach was born in Germany into a talented musical family. His astonishing musical gifts showed at an early age and by his late teens he was organist at the local church and soon moving on to positions in the many small Princely courts which made up Germany at the time. In the German musical world he quickly gained a reputation as a master organist and composer. It was not until almost a century after his death that his greatness was fully recognized outside Germany. The documentary by Malcolm Hossick traces his life and work and ends with an overview of his music.
