Johann Sebastian Bach had an explosively productive year when he started working as Thomaskantor in Leipzig. This DW Festival Concert episode from the Bach Festival presents some of his creative, ...

Johann Sebastian Bach, in his position as composer and church organist, barely had time to enjoy the fruits of his written work in performance from one week to the next. Such was the nature of his ...

Three hundred years ago, Johann Sebastian Bach came to Leipzig as cantor. This was celebrated extensively at the Bachfest. His works continue to shape the music world today. When Johann Sebastian Bach ...

If one were to compile a list of the seven musical wonders of the world, then Bach's Cantatas might head it. Just over 200 surviving works range from scores for solo voice with varying accompaniments ...

WHO: The Brandeis University Chorus will perform Bach’s Cantata 21 with professional guest artists. WHAT: Following their successful tour of Europe last season the Brandeis University Chorus will ...

Bach Collegium Japan's deservedly acclaimed project to record all of Bach's cantatas has reached volume 51, which turns out to be an especially vibrant and generously filled collection of sacred ...

In 1993, when Robert von Bahr received a letter at his Stockholm office proposing that his company, BIS Records, undertake a complete cycle of all 200 Bach cantatas with someone named Masaaki Suzuki ...

The Jewish Choral Society of the Young Men’s Hebrew Association, Ninety-second street and Lexington avenue, soon will present two cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach in the Kaufmann Auditorium of the “Y ...

Early Music Vancouver kicks off its inaugural Vancouver Bach Festival this weekend (Aug. 2-12 at the Christ Church Cathedral), bringing a veritable "Best of Bach" collection with it. From chamber ...

Two previously unknown works by the German composer have been revealed by the Bach Archive in Leipzig — just in time for the ...

Fueled by his Lutheran faith, the composer devoted his life to creating music for refreshment, proclamation, and praise. In the 16th century, a baker named Veit Bach fled Hungary because of his ...