As was customary in the Lutheran rituals of death and dying, Bach died at home, probably on the second floor of the cantor’s apartments in the Thomasschule, in his own bedroom above the Thomasplatz. A ...

Christoph Poppen, violin; Hilliard Ensemble (ECM New Series). Welcome inside the head of J.S. Bach. The composer often embedded familiar Lutheran chorales in his music so as to create devout ...

The selection of chorales and songs by Bach, Schubert, and Brahms was a masterpiece. The city is full of good concerts, and occasionally you’ll attend one good enough to make you think that, despite ...

Disclaimer: This is an archived article dated before Saturday 1 January 2022. As such, images and embedded content may be missing. According to the Big Choral Census published by charity Voices Now ...

Every potential virtuoso needs a mentor. It just so happens that this one is a computer. Called BACh – for Brain Automated Chorales – the system helps beginners learn to play Bach chorales on piano by ...

Introducing your new favourite form, the four-part chorale. As you can see, it was also a favourite of Bach’s, so you’re in good company. Master it, and it will help unlock a world of good harmony and ...

Volume 7 of Suzuki’s Bach collection is by way of a companion to Vol 6, completing the collection of Leipzig chorales that Bach worked on around 1739, carefully revising his youthful Weimar works. The ...

Mathematicians analysed hundreds of Bach’s works, from toccatas to preludes, cantatas and chorales, and discovered his music may be even more impressive than we realised... It’s no secret that J.S.