The Leipzig Bach Festival honors the composer with a hit parade. Over 7,000 fans from 20 countries cast their votes. But Bach ...

In this episode of DW Festival Concert, we'll hear music from Leipzig's celebration of 300 years of Johann Sebastian Bach. It was 300 years ago, in 1723, that Johann Sebastian Bach took up the ...

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Rather than the usual aural assault, this morning I decided to tune my radio to 89.9 FM (WKCR here in NYC), who are celebrating the life of Johann Sebastian Bach all week during their annual “Bach ...

With religious music so involving he could inspire faith in non-believers, the German composer’s sense of harmony makes him a shared reference point for all classical composers ‘The immortal god of ...

Johann Sebastian Bach was influenced by his large family of musicians. The Leipzig Bach Festival also features music by his ancestors and descendants. Johann Sebastian Bach is now considered one of ...

Gramophone has just issued a special publication drawing together some of the most significant articles from our archives exploring the music of JS Bach. Across 100 pages of beautifully-presented ...

This has been an outstanding year for recordings of Bach's music, with new accounts of the St Matthew Passion, Goldberg Variations, Harpsichord Concertos and more In every issue of Gramophone Editor ...

Heavy stones were thrown in a New Year’s Eve attack on one of classical music history’s most important churches. Police have launched an investigation into an act of vandalism at St. Thomas Church in ...

Google celebrated the life of composer Johann Sebastian Bach on Thursday, with its first-ever A.I.-powered homepage doodle. The creation, released on Bach’s birthday, enables users to try their hand ...