No one needs to be told why “The Messiah” or “The Nutcracker” have become Christmas perennials. There are, of course, further Christmas-themed works of glory galore. It’s time we dig out Bach’s joyous ...

In a conclusion to their 2025 season, Bach Akademie Australia’s Artistic Director, Madeleine Easton, will lead 20 musicians ...

I’ve been fascinated with Bach’s Second Brandenburg Concerto since I was at school, mostly because I was a trumpet player, and Bach’s super-high trumpet part was regarded as the Mount Everest of brass ...

From Feb. 21 to Feb. 23, the Handel and Haydn Society (H+H) presented a masterful performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s complete “Brandenburg Concertos” at Harvard’s Sanders Theatre and New England ...

In one of music history’s favorite stories (scholars question the details, but why unravel a good yarn?), Johann Sebastian Bach sent six compositions to the Margrave of Brandenburg in 1721 and hinted ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Composed in the Italian concerto grosso style, Bach presented these distinct works ...

This year marks the 300 th anniversary of one very imaginative job application. Seeking new employment, Johann Sebastian Bach sent six concertos for various instruments to the Margrave of Brandenburg ...

The irrepressible Nicholas McGegan was on hand this week for a two-night swing through Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos at the Aspen Music Festival that can only be described as buoyant. Whether standing ...

If I hadn't been on duty, I would have left after the first half of Thursday night's Dallas Symphony Orchestra concert. Under guest conductor Richard Egarr — a British baroque-music specialist, mind ...

Complete cycles of Bach’s six wondrous Brandenburg Concertos would be a momentous — and rare — event in the lives of most ensembles and audiences. But this is Los Angeles, and for the Los Angeles ...