“Ich habe genug,” Bach’s Cantata No. 82, is commonly rendered in English as “I am content.” At the cantata’s center is a lullaby of consoling sweetness, generosity of spirit and somnolent blessedness, ...
Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor is one of the most famous pieces of Baroque organ music ever written - with a particularly iconic opening Bach probably composed the Toccata and Fugue in D minor, ...
Classical music wouldn’t be classical music without the legacy and lasting supremacy of Baroque composer J.S. Bach’s music. Here are some of his best works. Ah Bach. Bach’s music is at once majestic ...
Fantasia and Fugue in G minor BWV 542 "Great"; Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor BWV 582; Prelude and Fugue in E flat major BWV 552 "St Anne"; Prelude and Fugue in e minor BWV 548 "Wedge"; Toccata, ...
Choosing the "best" of Johann Sebastian Bach's nearly 200 sacred cantatas is a daunting task, as each one seems perfect. But three leading Bach experts took up the challenge. Peter Wollny, director of ...
Isn't it obvious? Surely Bach's music has that solid sense of incontrovertible "rightness", with every note in its right and proper place, as if it had always been there and always will be. It seems ...