Fans of Bon Jovi Are Adoring This Acoustic, Slow-Down Version Of “It’s My Life”
In May 2020 Jon Bon Jovi participated in Rise Up New York: The Robin Hood Relief Benefit (2020). This was a telethon to raise awareness and funds for Covid19 relief…
J.S. Bach: The Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord
Violinist Rachel Barton Pine and harpsichordist Jory Vinikour, critically acclaimed artists of international renown — and also close friends — record together for the first time on this album of…
Do You Think Ornamentation In The Music Of Js Bach Is Special?
In this article we will look closely at ornamentation in the music of JS Bach. First we’ll look at some general principles from the baroque era, focusing on rhetoric and…
Felix Mendelssohn: Revival of J.S. Bach’s Works
Johann Sebastian Bach’s stature as a composer of such extraordinary genius and widespread influence is so firmly established in Western culture that it is difficult to imagine that only a…
The Finest Renditions Of The Well-Tempered Clavier By Js Bach
Kate Bolton-Porciatti travels through all the major and minor keys on her journey to find the finest recordings of Bach’s extensive sets of preludes and fugues for solo keyboard Bach’s…
A Guide To The Greatest Recordings Of Js Bach’s St Matthew Passion
A powerful setting of Jesus’s final days, the St Matthew Passion was responsible for the resurgence of interest in JS Bach’s sacred choral music after the composer’s death. Here is…
Bach For Novices: The Audio Files To Assist You In Learning About Bach
Pianist George Lepauw introduces us to his essential Bach listening Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude Recommended recording: Pablo Casals (cello) This is a very old scratchy recording, but if you…
Always The Teacher, Bach Composed His Orgelbüchlein To Educate Fledgling Organists
Why did Bach compose his Orgelbüchlein? JS Bach never lost the habit of teaching. Even at the end of his life, in a ‘Musical Offering’ to the King of Prussia, Frederick…
Did You Know? 10 Interesting Facts about Johann Sebastian Bach
Today, Johann Sebastian Bach is considered one of the most famous composers in history. But that wasn’t always so. He died at the age of 65, thinking that his music…
Helmut Schmidt stuck to the ivory whites
Condolences on his death have been pouring in worldwide, also from the music world. Even as Chancellor, Schmidt took time for daily piano practice – and he participated in two…