Part 1: Lecture 1. Introduction -- lecture 2. Christmas, 1722 -- lecture 3. Introduction to the Baroque aesthetic -- lecture 4. Fugue -- lecture 5. Historical overview from Constantine through the great thinkers of the Baroque -- lecture 6. Style features of High Baroque music, part l--a musical glossary -- lecture 7. Style features of High Baroque music, part II--a musical glossary -- lecture 8. Style features of High Baroque music, part III--a musical glossary.
Part 2: Lecture 9. Bach's inheritance, part I--the Protestant Reformation and the rise of Lutheranism -- lecture 10. Lutheranism, the chorale and the chorale prelude -- lecture 11. Bach's inheritance, part II--the development of the Italian style -- lecture 12. The Italian style, the operatic ideal and Lutheran spirituality are joined -- lecture 13. Vivaldi, Bach and the concerto, part I--Vivaldi and the Venetian opera -- lecture 14. Vivaldi, Bach and the concerto, part II--Vivaldi's model and Bach, Violin Concerto No. 2 in E Major -- lecture 15. Vivaldi, Bach and the concerto, part II--Bach Violin Concerto No. 2 in E Major (cont.) -- lecture 16. Vivaldi, Bach and the concerto, part III--the Concerto Grosso and the Brandenburg Concerto No. 2.
Part 3: Lecture 17. Bach and the French style, part I--dance and the orchestral suite -- lecture 18. Dance and the orchestral suite (cont.) -- lecture 19. Bach and the French style, part II--the keyboard suite -- lecture 20. The keyboard suite (cont.) -- lecture 21. Bach and opera, part I--Cantata No. 140 Wachet auf, uns ruft die stimme -- lecture 22. Canata No. 140 Wachet auf, uns ruft die stimme (cont.) -- lecture 23. Bach and opera, part II--opera buffa and the secular cantata, the Coffee Cantata -- lecture 24. Opera buffa and the secular cantata, the Coffee Cantata (cont.)
Part 4: Lecture 25. Bach transcendent--the Saint Matthew Passion, part I -- lecture 26. Bach transcendent--the Saint Matthew Passion, part II -- lecture 27. Bach transcendent--the Saint Matthew Passion, part III -- lecture 28. Bach transcendent--the Saint Matthew Passion, part IV -- lecture 29. Bach transcendent--the Goldberg Variations, part I -- lecture 30. Bach transcendent--the Goldberg Variations, part II -- lecture 31. Bach transcendent--the Goldberg Variations, part III -- lecture 32. Bach transcendent--the Goldberg Variations, part IV.
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