Johann Sebastian Bach is now called the 'Father of Music,' and his original manuscripts are considered cultural ...

Johann Sebastian Bach mastered a stunning variety of musical forms: works for solo instruments, chamber pieces, vocal music, concerti and music for the orchestra. Yet his overlooked choral music may ...

I set the music on the stand nearest the strings and looked across the rail for any sign of the man who had written it. Bach stood at the harpsichord with his back to the congregation. He wore the ...

From obscurity to outer space, the second ‘Brandenburg Concerto’ has come a long way.

What do Mendelssohn, Nina Simone and Gremlins II have in common? They have all made use of Bach. Nicholas Kenyon on a composer who turns a different face to each age Choirs and choral societies around ...

Even today, centuries after he lived, Johann Sebastian Bach remains one of the world's most popular composers. On Spotify, close to seven million people stream his music per month, and his listener ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

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 ...

Johann Sebastian Bach has been a central figure in the life of British conductor John Eliot Gardiner since he was a youngster. On his way to bed, he couldn't help glancing up at the famous ...

Sometimes when I play a bit of Bach, I comment to my companions, “Bach is the best,” and no one ever, ever contradicts me. J. S. Bach achieved the highest degree of vertical/horizontal synthesis in ...

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 ...