Last Sunday, I listened to a performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Mass in B Minor in the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. I first heard a recording of the piece many years ago. Even then, I ...

January 14, 2026 • A trio of amazing young musicians, from ages nine to 18, give jaw-dropping performances that will bolster your faith in the future of great music making. December 17, 2025 • ...

Violinist Podger makes Bach’s suites sound as if they were written for her instrument, such is her buoyancy and agility Isn’t Rachel Podger a violinist? What’s she doing recording Bach’s Cello Suites?

Eight women played an important role in the life of composer JS Bach and in his family's musical tradition. An exhibition in the Berlin Cathedral shows how the role of women evolved in Bach's time and ...

In 1705, JS Bach walked 250 miles from Arnstadt to Lübeck in search of inspiration. Follow in his footsteps now and there are mountains, beech woods and curious relics of the cold war to discover ...

In this episode of DW Festival Concert, we'll hear music from Leipzig's celebration of 300 years of Johann Sebastian Bach. It was 300 years ago, in 1723, that Johann Sebastian Bach took up the ...

My son Sam, as some of you know, is an accomplished pianist and composer here in DC. [his website's here] He and Ralitza Patcheva, a close friend and colleague (and masterful Bach interpreter), have ...

1. In his lifetime, Bach wrote a total of at least 175 hours of music. 2. His first wife was his second cousin. They had seven children. He had 13 more children with his second wife. Article continues ...

Today, Google is celebrating what would have been the 334th birthday of one of the greatest composers of our time - Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach was born in Eisenach on 21 March 1685, and is best known ...

He came from a distinguished musical lineage in Germany, many of whom were also composers and musicians. In his day Bach was revered as a virtuoso organist, however his legacy lies in the hundreds of ...