Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from JS Bach

Five things you can do this weekend

Music gigs range from 90s rock to a mix of Bach and jazz.

The Canberra Times

The week in classical: Reich/Richter; St John Passion – review

The grand 2019 collaboration between Steve Reich and Gerhard Richter faced stiff competition from an Anna Clyne miniature

The Guardian - UK

Andy Whitfield obituary

Other lives: Composer and musician at the Dukes Playhouse theatre company who established the Lancaster Millennium Choir

The Guardian - UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Glenkens to host world premiere of Easter Passion - in Scots

A Tale o’ Guid Friday and Ayont will be performed by the men and women of Glenkens Parish Choir

Daily Record

Aussie violinist to strike a chord at king's coronation

Australian violinist Madeleine Easton will play her rare 1682 Giovanni Grancino violin when she performs at the coronation of King Charles in London on May 6.

AAP

Yunchan Lim review – piano prodigy puts his brilliance on full display

The Korean teenager dazzled with Byrd and Bach but his raging Beethoven showed he could still reach further, subtler heights

The Guardian - UK

Inside Leipzig Christmas market from its Fairytale Forest to the best places for festive food

Leipzig Christmas market review - one writer put the historic German Christmas market to the test including the food, atmosphere, views and where to find the best stalls

Daily Mirror

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

The week in classical: The Rape of Lucretia; Solomon’s Knot – review

A shocking update of Britten’s chamber opera feels wearily relevant. And one of the UK’s finest vocal ensembles probes the musical kinship of JS Bach and his uncle

The Guardian - UK

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra/Koopman review – Bach sounds fresh and jubilant

Ton Koopman’s zest for the baroque master shone through in a joyful programme of some of his best-known music, even if the lack of instrumental balance would have triggered the symmetry-loving composer

The Guardian - UK

BBC Proms 2022: Bach’s B Minor Mass, OAE/Butt review - heavenly

A fine performance of this piece can provide spiritual uplift to believers and unbelievers alike

Evening Standard

WWII vet dies as his last wish was to be fulfilled: a pipe organ performance for 100th birthday

Robert Heinzen died a day before the celebration his family rushed to finalize. They decided to go ahead with the performance as a memorial Mass.

Chicago Sun-Times

Spitalfields Music Festival: The best concerts to book at the annual classical music jamboree

Since 1976, the annual Spitalfields Music Festival has captured the area’s reputation for resistance and inclusiveness. Here’s are pick of eight concerts that capture that spirit in the 2022 edition

Evening Standard

Jeremy Denk review – Well-Tempered Clavier is reshaped and illuminated afresh

Playing Bach’s mammoth work from memory, the US pianist brought wit, insights and lightness of touch

The Guardian - UK

1 2

People

Johann Sebastian Bach

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.