Last Sunday, I listened to a performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Mass in B Minor in the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. I first heard a recording of the piece many years ago. Even then, I ...

Violinist Podger makes Bach’s suites sound as if they were written for her instrument, such is her buoyancy and agility Isn’t Rachel Podger a violinist? What’s she doing recording Bach’s Cello Suites?

In this episode of DW Festival Concert, we'll hear music from Leipzig's celebration of 300 years of Johann Sebastian Bach. It was 300 years ago, in 1723, that Johann Sebastian Bach took up the ...

With religious music so involving he could inspire faith in non-believers, the German composer’s sense of harmony makes him a shared reference point for all classical composers ‘The immortal god of ...

Prelude, Fugue and Allegro Martin Hegel, Musician, Guitar Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer (6) Suites (Sonatas) for Cello, Movements: No. 1 in G, BWV1007 Martin Hegel, Musician, Guitar Johann Sebastian ...

Google celebrated the life of composer Johann Sebastian Bach on Thursday, with its first-ever A.I.-powered homepage doodle. The creation, released on Bach’s birthday, enables users to try their hand ...

Gramophone has just issued a special publication drawing together some of the most significant articles from our archives exploring the music of JS Bach. Across 100 pages of beautifully-presented ...

Johann Sebastian Bach was influenced by his large family of musicians. The Leipzig Bach Festival also features music by his ancestors and descendants. Johann Sebastian Bach is now considered one of ...

Heavy stones were thrown in a New Year’s Eve attack on one of classical music history’s most important churches. Police have launched an investigation into an act of vandalism at St. Thomas Church in ...

Today, Google is celebrating what would have been the 334th birthday of one of the greatest composers of our time - Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach was born in Eisenach on 21 March 1685, and is best known ...