Surprised the psychedelic vibe of Bachstock appealed to me? I am. The idea of naming a celebration of Bach's corpus of work–the apog...

And so flung wide are the doors of heaven. IV. Gloria: Cum Sancto Spiritu This festive trumpets-and-drums finale closes the ring o...

The rhythms of dance are at once wax earthly and celestial, calling the listener to join his corporeal form to a timeless continuance. No ...

Kyrie | Gloria | Credo  | Sanctus & Agnus Dei

Listening to Bach's Cantata No. 32, I realized how very near the invisible world is to us, if we do not drive it away. When I hear...

To classify Bach's C minor Passacaglia, BWV.582 as one of his most well-known works is optimistic bordering on incredulous. The Bran...

Pious men of strict observance can hardly see in art an obedient maidservant. . . rivalry begins, first, in rivalry between the religious s...

"At any time between 1750 and 1930 if you had asked educated people to describe the aim of poetry, art, or music, they would have repli...

I assembled the following to be a pleasing and perhaps instructive journey through music history and because we all know people who refer t...

Quia fecit mihi magna, qui potens est. One of the most brilliant and  bafflingly simple moments of music and an example of Bach...

In our first essay on Sacred Music we looked at chant and discussed some of the properties which make it uniquely appropriate for the litu...

In our first look at sacred music last month we discussed some concrete principals and why they functioned as the essence of good sacred m...

– J. S. Bach. Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor, BWV.582 For most of us, there is only the unattended Moment, the moment in and out of t...

Pianist Glenn Gould in conversation on his 1981 recording of J. S. Bach's Goldberg Variations . Part I | Part II | Part III

From the 1997 BBC Documentary narrated by Kenneth Branagh and featuring Georg Solti, Charles Rosen, Zuzana Parmova, and Michael Tilson Thom...

J.S. Bach: Cantata BWV.182, Chorus 'Himmelskönig, sei willkommen' Himmelskönig, sei willkommen, King of heaven, welcome, Laß au...

Specifically, visualizations of counterpoint. J.S. Bach, Fugue in G minor, BWV.578 Steve Reich's "Vermont Counterpoint" ...

Directed by Michèle Hozer & Peter Raymont. 2009. At some point in the life of every music lover, particularly fans of J. S. Bach and k...

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center has a wonderful series of lectures with composer, scholar, author, and pianist Bruce Adolphe. ( ...

Last year in celebration of Thanksgiving I indulged in compiling list. I say indulged because I included no explanation or explication, un...