Only in the latter half of the twentieth century did the star of Jan Dismas Zelenka begin to ascend. Why did this major Bohemian composer of the Baroque era - who was known to, and esteemed by Johann Sebastian Bach - remain in the shadows for so long? Although most of Zelenka's music was composed to serve the Catholic liturgy, he left a handful of secular compositions, including six remarkable chamber sonatas. When these were first published in the 1960s, the resurrection of the almost-forgotten...

• Introduction
• 1:1679-c.1710: Zelenka's Early Years in Bohemia
• 2:c.1710-1719: Zelenka's Move to Dresden, Study in Vienna, and Return to Dresden
• 3:1719-1732: The Liturgical Year of the Dresden Catholic Court Church
• 4:c.1720-1723: Works Written Following Zelenka's Return to Dresden. The Coronation in Prague of Charles VI and Elizabeth Christine as King and Queen of Bohemia
• 5:1723-1732: Zelenka's Compositions for the Dresden Catholic Court Church
• 6:1733: Changes
• 7:1734-1745: Ze...