March 8 marks the 300th birthday of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, the second surviving son of Johann Sebastian and the most extraordinary of the four Bach sons who became composers. During and shortly ...
There's so much to love about this Bach keyboard disc: namely attractive artwork, glowing sound and an intelligent programme clearly chosen by the artist. And there's the pianist himself, Nils Anders ...
From the J.S. Bach keyboard works of the Baroque era to Bartók’s note-splitting masterpiece of the 20th century, here are some of the greatest piano concertos ever to have been written. Piano ...
The idea of performing Johann Sebastian Bach in bulk did not originate in Chicago, of course. But Stephen Alltop appears to have cornered the local market on that particular herculean endeavor. Alltop ...
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One of the ‘lessons’ (I’m trying to avoid the schoolmarmish sense of the word here) gained in listening to the first week and a little bit more of Father Sean Duggan’s series of concerts of Bach ...
If Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach wrote a dull piece of music, I've not yet heard it. And even if there is a workaday piece or two lurking within his 300 keyboard sonatas, you certainly won't find it on ...