The best of Bach: inspiring music by outstanding singers and players
Johann Sebastian Bach is in the air as the BBC focuses on the life and work of ever-inspiring composer on Radio 3. And you can catch his masterpieces in live performance in London
Johann Sebastian Bach is in the air as the BBC focuses on the life and work of ever-inspiring composer on Radio 3. And you can catch his masterpieces in live performance in London
Across the 12 days of Christmas in 1734, in churches in Leipzig, the six elements of JS Bach's great Christmas Oratorio were performed for the first time. Now gathered into one complete work, they reflect on the Christmas story
Read more ...In a brand new festival coming to London in the New Year, leading musicians from many genres interpret music from the Baroque era. Expect performances in traditional form but also theatre, unusual instrumentation and radical programmes
Read more ...Now one of the most loved works for audiences and performers alike, Bach’s St Matthew Passion went unnoticed for more than 100 years after it was written. Then composer Mendelssohn rescued it... Hear it sung by the BBC Singers
Read more ...Organist Greg Morris performs all the music JS Bach wrote for the organ – a one-man orchestra. Most of the concerts are free, and are in beautiful locations all over London
Read more ...Marvel at the virtuosity of award-winning Iranian player Mahan Esfahani as he discovers fantastic new possibilities for the instrument of which JS Bach was a master – the harpsichord
Read more ...With only one voice per part, the intensity of the Dunedin Consort's performance of the St Matthew Passion will bring out the sense of personal involvement in the Easter story
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