Sound Unbound with James R Gaines

In this week’s episode of Sound Unbound, James R Gaines, author of ‘Evening in the Palace of Reason’, discusses the famed meeting between Bach and Frederick the Great in 1747, where the worlds of religion and spirituality collided with the rationality of early Enlightenment and the resulting fugue, Bach’s ‘Musical Offering’.  Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify or wherever you find your podcasts.Sound Unbound is a music series in which Josie Long talks to creative minds about the music that moves them, with some help from conductor Ben Gernon.Read the transcript on our website: https://bit.ly/3a2lWD8Sound Unbound is produced by Freya Hellier for Loftus Media. The assistant producer is Alex Quinn. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.