HARDLY one month after the birth of Handel, his twin star rose, of equal lustre and importance. John Sebastian Bach was born on the 21st of March, 1685, in Eisenach, Thuringia, under the shadow of the ...

John Sebastian Bach was born on the 21st of March, 1685, in Eisenach, Thuringia, under the shadow of the Wartburg, that renowned old mediæval castle, where the Minnesingers held their contests, and ...

With hymns and solos covering part of the Gospel of John, Johann Sebastian Bach’s “St. John Passion” is a big undertaking. “It’s a huge piece for chorus and orchestra and soloists,” Tom Remenschneider ...

Johann Sebastian Bach’s “St. John Passion,” which had its premiere on Good Friday 1724, doesn’t so much begin as erupt. In the swirling, agitated strings and piercing cries of oboes, we instantly ...

Upper Valley Baroque will celebrate the 300th anniversary of the premiere of Johann Sebastian Bach’s masterpiece, St. John Passion, in Leipzig, Germany, in 1724. It proved so important to the composer ...

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(6) Trio Sonatas Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Simon Preston, Organ Preludes and Fugues, Movements: Prelude and Fugue in C, BWV531 Simon Preston, Organ Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Preludes and ...