He never heard the blues. He didn't work with drummers. He died nearly a century before the invention of the saxophone. His masterwork was in B minor, not in bebop. So why is Johann Sebastian Bach the ...
And you thought devouring a season of "House of Cards" or "Breaking Bad" in a weekend was a binge. Organist Christopher Jacobson will binge on Bach. When: Monday and Tuesday at 8:30 and 10 a.m. and 1, ...
There cannot be too many experiences more fascinating or rewarding than hearing music of Johann Sebastian Bach that has been forgotten for the better part of 300 years. It was an experience enjoyed by ...
Today we're delighted to bring you a film of Daniel Moult playing Bach's Prelude and Fugue in D minor BWV 539 on the Silbermann organ of St Marien, Roetha. It's taken from the forthcoming film project ...
"JS Bach wrote some of the most undeniably beautiful music there is," says Paul Gilbert. "His compositions tend to be more interesting melodically than rhythmically, but I favour melody as a listener, ...
CD1: Prelude & Fughetta in G Major, BWV 902 - 1. Prelude; Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein, Chorale Prelude BWV 734 (Transcr. Wilhelm Kempff); Prelude & Fugue in E Minor (Well-Tempered Clavier, ...
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Bach's organ music was composed for church services and, with its short reverberant time, I hadn't expected Benaroya Hall would be a good venue for hearing it. Joseph Adam's all-Bach organ recital ...
Ever since it was featured in the soundtrack of the 1931 film Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, J.S. Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor has been the unofficial anthem of Halloween. In fact, classical music in ...
One of the most famous movements from J.S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, this prelude has become a standard piece not only for students but for concert pianists as well. But what's the story behind it ...
When he was a boy, Andras Schiff labored over the tedious, repetitive finger studies that are universally loathed by aspiring pianists. He thought they were like spinach: yucky, but good for you if ...
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