“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 ...

There are some performances that can’t be picked apart. Like a great work of art that exists as more than the sum of its technique, brush strokes, phrases, or notes, some performances evolve beyond ...

The Leipzig Bach Festival is an annual event. But it has surely never been quite like this before. The festival’s artistic director, Michael Maul, and the president and director, respectively, of the ...

Portland’s own Bach Cantata Choir will sing in Leipzig, Germany, as part of the 2024 Leipzig Bach Festival, the preeminent festival centered on the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. The festival ...

If one wonders why Johann Ludwig – Bach’s distant cousin, employed 150 miles away at the court of Meiningen – was so favoured by Johann Sebastian, these 18 cantatas provide the answer. With so little ...

Boston’s Emmanuel Music, which has been performing cantatas by J.S. Bach every Sunday for the past 50 years, will perform three solo cantatas as part of Music Worcester’s THE COMPLETE BACH (TCB) on ...

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 ...