SDG sessions will be half on the life of Bach (from the book) and half listening to and discussing selected Bach compositions that we will curate including The Brandenburg Concerto, secular cantatas (e.g., The Hunt Cantata), The Well-Tempered Clavier (selection of the 48 pieces), The Goldberg Variations (selection of the 30 pieces), a selection of Bach's sacred cantatas (he wrote hundreds), violin concertos, orchestral suites, the glorious St. Mathew Passion, his Mass in B Minor, The Art of The Fugue, etc. Our author, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, is both a historian and esteemed conductor, so the book offers valuable German and musical history related to Bach and his music, providing a real sense of how Bach fit into his musical era.