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Composer of the Week: JS Bach at Christmas
ll this week, Donald Macleod invites us to join Bach at five key Christmases during his lifetime. On Monday, Macleod finds Bach preparing for his very first Christmas in Leipzig, 1723. The following day, we look in on Bach as he spends Christmas 1717 in prison. Wednesday’s instalment takes us to Cöthen, 1721, where the composer
