Bach: A Passionate Life (2013)
• March 30th, 2013 • 1h 29min
Music, Documentary, TV Movie
Overview
John Eliot Gardiner goes in search of Bach the man and the musician. The famous portrait of Bach portrays a grumpy 62-year-old man in a wig and formal coat, yet his greatest works were composed 20 years earlier in an almost unrivalled blaze of creativity. We reveal a complex and passionate artist; a warm and convivial family man at the same time a rebellious spirit struggling with the hierarchies of state and church who wrote timeless music that is today known world-wide. Gardiner undertakes a 'Bach Tour' of Germany, and sifts the relatively few clues we have - some newly-found. Most of all, he uses the music to reveal the real Bach.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
The Maiden's Tune
Released on: 1973-01-01
TV Movie, Horror, Mystery
A man heading through the countryside is drawn to a strange castle, which is reputed by the locals t...
Grigory Sokolov - Live at the Berlin Philharmonie - Schubert & Beethoven
Released on: 2016-04-01
Music
"Probably the best living pianist" headlined the Berliner Morgenpost's review of Grigory Sokolov's s...
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
Released on: 2014-03-31
Music
In Anton Bruckner’s 7th Symphony, the listener encounters a music characterized by great spaciousnes...
Beethoven - Symphony No. 7
Released on: 1971-01-01
Music
Recording of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan playing Beethoven's ...
Beethoven - Symphony No. 8
Released on: 1971-01-01
Music
Recording of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan playing Beethoven's ...
La Gazza Ladra Overture
Released on: 1954-09-16
Music
In this short, Johnny Green leads the MGM Symphony Orchestra in a performance of the overture to Ros...
A Modern Man
Released on: 2017-06-11
Documentary
You could be forgiven for mistaking Charlie Siem for James Bond. Whether he's driving an orange Pors...
Siapa Dia
Released on: 2025-08-28
Drama, Music
Layar, a popular film star who feels bored with his career wants to make a musical theater set in a ...
Four Minutes
Released on: 2006-06-23
Drama, Music
Jenny is young. Her life is over. She killed someone. And she would do it again. When an 80-year-old...
Bach: Magnificat - Karajan
Released on: 1984-12-31
Music
Live performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's Magnificat, BWV 243 from Herbert von Karajan's New Year'...
András Schiff plays Bach
Released on: 2011-01-31
Music
Surely Bach’s French Suites, which he composed during his years at Cöthen (1717–1723), are among the...
Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6 - Gergiev
Released on: 2011-10-03
Music
Valery Gergiev is widely recognised as the greatest modern interpreter of Tchaikovsky’s music and th...
Igor Stravinsky's 'The Firebird' by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Released on: 2022-11-17
Music
On Air presents Igor Stravinsky's The Firebird, performed by the world-renowned Royal Philharmonic O...
Igor Stravinsky's 'Petrushka' by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Released on: 2022-11-17
Music
On Air presents Igor Stravinsky's Petrushka, performed by the world-renowned Royal Philharmonic Orch...
Not Mozart: Letters, Riddles and Writs
Released on: 1991-01-01
Music
Letters, Riddles and Writs is a one act opera for television by Michael Nyman broadcast in 1991.
Europakonzert 2008 from Moscow
Released on: 2008-05-01
Music
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s European Concert, held each year on 1 May, is invariably an internatio...
Waldbühne 2011: Fellini, Jazz & Co
Released on: 2011-07-02
Music
The Waldbühne in Berlin, one of the most appealing outdoor amphitheatres on the European continent, ...
Waldbühne 2009 | Russian Rhythms
Released on: 2009-06-21
Music
Every year, the Berliner Philharmoniker hold a kind of classical-music fête with a bright, cheerful ...
Waldbühne 2010 | An Evening with Renée Fleming
Released on: 2010-06-27
Music
Repertoire Modest Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain; Antonín Dvořák: Song to the Moon from “Rusalk...