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Is Johann Sebastian Bach's music really for everyone? BACH 52 is a web series and podcast hosted by Grammy-winning tenor Nicholas Phan, exploring that question one cantata at a time. Each episode pairs a performance of a Bach aria with a conversation between Nick and a guest from the worlds of music, medicine, theology, education, and beyond — people who bring unexpected perspectives to some of the most profound music ever written. Bach composed over 200 sacred cantatas for the Lutheran church. BACH 52 is on a journey through that music — asking what this deeply Christian music means for believers and non-believers alike, and why it continues to resonate across cultures, faiths, and centuries. Guests have included musicians, conductors, physicians, educators, clergy, and industry leaders — all united by a lifelong relationship with Bach's music and a willingness to explore what it means for the world we live in today.
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Signup to Generate a PitchIs Johann Sebastian Bach's music really for everyone? BACH 52 is a web series and podcast hosted by Grammy-winning tenor Nicholas Phan, exploring that question one cantata at a time.
BACH 52 is hosted by Nicholas Phan. The show has published 15 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Bach, Faith, and the Future of Classical Music" (7 October 2026, 52 minutes), "Theology, Music, and Modern Myths | Who Was J.S. Bach Really?" (23 September 2026, 54 minutes), and "Bach as Connection: Communal Music Making with Kate Sheeran" (16 September 2026, 48 minutes).
BACH 52 publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 46 minutes across 15 episodes.
Booking probability for BACH 52 is 29%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. BACH 52 requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. BACH 52's contact route on record: verified email.
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Nicholas Phan hosts BACH 52, a music podcast with 15 episodes published.
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Episode #14
Bach, Faith, and the Future of Classical Music with Chad Smith | president & CEO, Boston Symphony Orchestra Last August, the Tanglewood Learning Institute hosted the first live-filmed conversations for BACH 52. The...
Episode #3
Theology, Music, and Modern Myths with Michael Marissen | Bach scholar & author of Bach Against Modernity Who was Johann Sebastian Bach really? When we talk about Bach, it’s so easy to slip into big claims — greatest...
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BACH AS CONNECTION COMMUNAL MUSIC MAKING with Kate Sheeran former executive director, Kaufman Music Center Dean , Eastman School of Music What if Bach was never intimidating — just music? Grammy-winning tenor...
Episode #10
with Pamela Dellal, Bach Institute Director & Intellectual Resources Curator This week on BACH 52, Nicholas Phan sits down with Pamela Dellal — alto, master translator, and director of the Bach Institute at Emmanuel...
Episode #7
Reginald Mobley on Race, Access & Why Bach Belongs to Everyone with Reginald Mobley Grammy-nominated countertenor programming consultant , Handel & Haydn Society Grammy-nominated countertenor Reginald Mobley joins...
Episode #4
with Steven Zohn general editor, American Bach Society musicologist, Temple University Is it possible to separate great art from the flawed men who made it? In this episode of BACH 52, I sit down with Steven Zohn...
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Bach, Community, the International Pride Orchestra with Michael Roest founder & director, International Pride Orchestra former Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, San Francisco Conservatory of Music Nicholas Phan...
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Carla Dirlikov Canales and I have known each other since we were teenagers growing up in the twin towns of Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, Michigan — we even sang together as fellow voice majors at the University of Michigan...
Episode #20
Violinist Owen Dalby (St. Lawrence String Quartet, Stanford artist-in-residence) on why Bach's music works like a Rorschach test — and how it became his spiritual home. Owen Dalby has spent a lifetime leading an...
Episode #3
with Ellen Exner doctor of musicology former Vice-President , American Bach Society Is Bach's music really for everyone? Musicologist Ellen Exner — vice president of the American Bach Society and a student of...
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