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 ...

Six incredible works of art, and six reasons they changed everything. In 1721, Johann Sebastian Bach carefully packaged together six of his finest concertos and sent them to a Christian Ludwig, ...

International Bach specialist John Butt and his group the Dunedin Consort let us inside their Edinburgh rehearsals for a performance of Brandenburg Concerto No.2. Show more The insiders' take on ...

When Bach was in the service of Prince Leopold in Coethen he had his own orchestra and was contracted to compose a great deal of instrumental music This gave him an opportunity to try new techniques ...

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 ...

Deutsche Grammophon celebrates Nikolaus Harnoncourt's 80th birthday with this 2-DVD release of rare, vintage, period Bach performances for the first time. Never released on DVD and, to the dismay of ...

Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos are masterpieces of orchestral colour, and these landmark recordings by the Orchestra of the Antipodes on period instruments bring out all the warmth and beauty of the ...

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 ...

Jane Jones tells how Bach found a new harpsichord, a new wife and looked for a new job. At the beginning of the 18th century, all the decent music jobs were linked with either church or state, and ...

Johann Sebastian Bach's Brandenburg Concertos are some of the most important Baroque compositions written. They are actually a collection of ideas that Bach composed over a ten year period while he ...