“For the glory of God alone.” With these words, Bach signed off each of his two hundred sacred cantatas. But with so many to choose from, it’s hard to know where to begin. Our guide lifts the lid on a ...
Volume 16 in Ton Koopman's survey of the complete Bach cantatas contains a selection from the third cycle of the seasonal cantatas, composed for the Leipzig churches between 1725 and 1727. The best ...
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 ...
Artistic genius thrives on outrageous challenges. Soon after Johann Sebastian Bach became Kapellmeister at Leipzig in 1723, he set himself the task of providing a newly composed work—for instrumental ...
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, ...
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 ...
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