“I really wonder if some of these pieces were playable at the time of Bach in the way that we can play them now — either on Baroque instruments or modern instruments.” Today’s popularity began with ...

50 of the finest JS Bach recordings available – complete with the original Gramophone reviews – featuring Glenn Gould, Angela Hewitt, Isabelle Faust, Murray Perahia and more We are proud to present 50 ...

creating a fascinating dialogue between Baroque traditions and contemporary improvisation. While many will instantly recognize the first notes of Bach's opening invention, the evening delves ...

Filippo Ciabatti’s interpretations of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos are his own. Conducting Upper Valley Baroque, his period instrument orchestra, he was neither beholden to absolutist ...

Camerata Pacifica started the New Year with the first of two programs on their Baroque series curated by acclaimed flutist Emi Ferguson at Colburn School's acoustically-sound Zipper Hall. It was ...

Listen to this effect in J.S. Bach's 'Badinerie' from Suite No. 2. The harpsichord made a short, staccato sound as the strings were plucked inside the instrument. If a Baroque composer wanted a ...

J.S Bach was one of the most prominent composers of the Baroque period between 1600-1750.This set work, Badinerie, is the last of seven movements from a larger piece called Orchestral Suite No.2 ...

It’s hard to imagine, but six concertos written in hopes of a job have become Johann Sebastian Bach’s most popular music. The Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046–1051, are a collection of six instrumental ...