Musical Passions--settings of the Gospel accounts of the betrayal and crucifixion of Christ--seem unlikely vehicles for popular success in a secular, post-modern age. After all, this venerable genre, ...
“Niche Bach, sondern Meer!” (Not a brook, but an ocean!) – opinion of Johann Sebastian Bach and pun by Ludwig van Beethoven On March 31, 1685, Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, Holy Roman ...
Even people who think they're familiar with J.S. Bach's music should be in for an adventure when the Bach Society Houston resurrects his long-lost "St. Mark Passion." The work, which Bach performed ...
The Kalamazoo Bach Festival will close its 63rd season with a week of events celebrating the work of Johann Sebastian Bach, the 18th century composer who is the organization’s namesake. The week will ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Free-to-view webcast, 'Happy Birthday, Bach, to offer livestreamed performances of ...
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Why Bach’s music is indestructible, whether on the mandolin, modern piano – or soundtracking murder
The German composer dominates the classical charts and concert platforms, especially at this time of year. Here’s to his life-giving zombie music!
Bob Cafaro, a cellist with The Philadelphia Orchestra, played Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major Friday afternoon. His performance was not at a concert hall but at SEPTA’s Jefferson Station, and his ...
On Tuesday, Alisa Weilerstein presented a concert of J.S. Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1 in G major interleaved with five living composers. Who were they? Unless you grabbed a pamphlet-sized program on your ...
The Bach Festival Society’s “Elation and Dissent” program this weekend proved both thrilling and chilling. The thrills came in the musicality of works such as Florence Price’s “Ethiopia’s Shadow in ...
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