Johann Sebastian Bach's cantatas not only inspire choirs worldwide, but also those who can't actually hear his music, as seen at the Leipzig Bach Festival. Eighty-eight people move on a large stage to ...

Contemporain de Bach, le Tchèque Zelenka fera la plus grande partie de sa carrière dans le célèbre orchestre de Dresde. Mais il demeure solitaire, mélancolique et peu connu. Bach lʹappréciait ...

A jobbing composer under pressure to produce a constant stream of music; an artist and visionary reaching the divine and speaking directly to the heart of the human experience: Bach’s sacred music is ...

The German composer, born 341 years ago, dominates the classical charts and concert platforms, especially at this time of year. Here’s to his life-giving zombie music! The musical world’s present for ...

During his 27 years in Leipzig, Germany, Johann Sebastian Bach had a hectic job writing original music for the city’s principal churches and civic functions, as well as teaching singing at the St.

For six successive days last week the ghost of Johann Sebastian Bach hovered in the wings of Manhattan’s Town Hall. To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the great composer’s birth, Pianist Harold ...

“O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!” The words of the Psalm look bright on the page, but the music pulls them into shadow. The key is G minor. The bass instruments drone on ...

In a development that could put Worcester in the center of a world-wide cultural map for a decade or more, Music Worcester will perform all of 18th century German Baroque composer Johann Sebastian ...

In these days of uncertainty, music can provide a safe haven, an escape, or even a boost of energy. I've found all of that and more in a new recording of the music of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, the ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by A new project completes Bach’s plans for his kaleidoscopic “Orgelbüchlein,” with a 21st-century touch. By Hugh Morris One of the most enduring ...

Boogie-woogie is a kind of blues piano playing in which the left hand drones a set bass phrase over & over, while the right hand goes to town with whatever variations the player can think up. Its form ...