Was Johann Sebastian Bach Western classical music’s “last Asian composer”? The question was raised in Bombay in March 1985 at a seminar celebrating the 300th anniversary of the birth of the great ...

French classical guitarist Raphaël Feuillâtre performs Bach's meditative Prelude in C from the Well-Tempered Clavier at ...

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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 ...

The Modern Jazz Quartet epitomized what some observers labeled, perhaps derisively, "chamber jazz." The recently formed Classical Jazz Quartet (CJQ), featuring bassist Ron Carter, pianist Kenny Barron ...

'No one before or since could make voices or instruments sing simultaneous melodies of such beautiful and interlocking separateness' My passion for Bach began when I was 16 and fell for the Double ...

For 38-year-old composer Johann Sebastian Bach, his 1723 appointment as musical director (Thomaskantor) in the St. Thomas Church in Leipzig must have seemed like a huge step. What Bach could not know ...

“I think with Bach it's much easier to practice for many hours than with some other composers,“ said Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov, who has always wanted to spend more time with Bach. “It’s so ...

Boyce Lancaster talks with Maestro Albert-George Schram, former staff conductor of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, about Johann Sebastian Bach, whose fascination with numerology and theology led to ...

Feeling ‘suite’ toothed? Must be the Bach... A study has been published showing how classical music makes us crave chocolate biscuits and other sweet treats. No, we’re not going crackers. This ...

The New Modern Jazz Quartet... It is hard to not compare this Classical Jazz Quartet to the Modern Jazz Quartet. They both have the same format of outstanding individual superstars, they both have a ...