Two long-lost organ pieces written by a teenage Johann Sebastian Bach were unveiled in Germany on Monday in a discovery described as a "great moment for the world of music". The two solo organ works, ...
PETER WOLLNY: The two new pieces helped me to understand more deeply how Bach's musical language developed in his early years. I learned a lot about this genius. SIMON: Peter Wollny directs the Bach ...
Music Worcester plans to play each of Johann Sebastian Bach’s compositions over the next 11 years, starting this weekend and culminating with the 350th anniversary of Bach’s birth in 2035. The series, ...
WORCESTER — The ambitious and much anticipated "The Complete Bach" project kicks off with the first-ever BACHtoberfestOct. 25 to 27 consisting of five performances. The project will see all of 18th ...
In 1992, Peter Wollny, then a Harvard graduate student in musicology, was researching his dissertation at the Royal Library of Belgium when he came across two unsigned music manuscripts so strikingly ...
It seems that classical composer J.S. Bach has provided a surge of inspiration for some recent releases by artists on the Nonesuch label, starting with the Bach Trios led by an unusual yet explosive ...
Johann Sebastian Bach’s music may be timeless, but a gander by Universal Music Group labels Deutsche Grammaphon and Decca suggests that even the compositions of the man generally considered to be the ...
In the 1720s, J.S. Bach gave his second wife, Anna Magdalena, a book for storing compositions. Some were by Bach, and some she added were by other composers. Bach's French Suites made it into the ...