Music Worcester will celebrate the 341st anniversary of the Baroque composer's birth with the second annual Bach's Birthday ...
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 ...
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 ...
During his 27 years in Leipzig, Germany, Johann Sebastian Bach had a hectic job writing original music for the city’s principal churches and civic functions, as well as teaching singing at the St.
A jobbing composer under pressure to produce a constant stream of music; an artist and visionary reaching the divine and speaking directly to the heart of the human experience: Bach’s sacred music is ...
Many Beatles songs, including All You Need is Love, Blackbird and Penny Lane, were inspired by his music. Lady Gaga sampled his harpsichord in her hit song Bad Romance. And classical composers ...
For six successive days last week the ghost of Johann Sebastian Bach hovered in the wings of Manhattan’s Town Hall. To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the great composer’s birth, Pianist Harold ...
Several years ago, a Lutheran theologian and former Japanese newspaper correspondent uncovered an unusual phenomenon in Japan. In one of the most secular countries in the world, many people were avid ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by A new project completes Bach’s plans for his kaleidoscopic “Orgelbüchlein,” with a 21st-century touch. By Hugh Morris One of the most enduring ...