Halfway through reading Paul Elie’s “Reinventing Bach,” I suddenly got dizzy. An earthquake? All-purpose angst? Or could it be that composer Johann Sebastian Bach was working as an agent of ...

The performance history of Bach on the piano is a back-and-forth business. We go through cycles of interpretive restraint and freedom. Not long ago pianists, needing to get out from under the shadow ...

The myths of classical music are layered with historical facts and romantic imagination. Spanish cellist Pablo Casals (1876–1973) was no exception. It is often described that in 1889, 13-year-old ...

The Bach Choir of Bethlehem will celebrate its 100th anniversary as the producer of America’s oldest Bach festival by performing next spring with the producer of the nation’s second oldest Bach ...

Music Worcester will present over 1000 compositions by J.S.Bach, culminating on March 21, 2035, the 350th anniversary of the Baroque master’s birth. As we approach the 350th anniversary of Bach’s ...