International Bach specialist John Butt and his group the Dunedin Consort let us inside their Edinburgh rehearsals for a performance of Brandenburg Concerto No.2. Show more The insiders' take on ...

On Feb. 16, the Handel and Haydn Society performed all six of Johann Sebastian Bach's “Brandenburg Concertos” at Memorial Hall's Sanders Theater. Founded in Boston in 1815, the orchestra brought an ...

I’ve been fascinated with Bach’s Second Brandenburg Concerto since I was at school, mostly because I was a trumpet player, and Bach’s super-high trumpet part was regarded as the Mount Everest of brass ...

Six incredible works of art, and six reasons they changed everything. In 1721, Johann Sebastian Bach carefully packaged together six of his finest concertos and sent them to a Christian Ludwig, ...

Live at the BBC Proms, the Swedish Chamber Orchestra continue their performance of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos and accompanying works, conducted by Thomas Dausgaard. In the second concert of the day, ...

If I hadn't been on duty, I would have left after the first half of Thursday night's Dallas Symphony Orchestra concert. Under guest conductor Richard Egarr — a British baroque-music specialist, mind ...

Jane Jones tells how Bach found a new harpsichord, a new wife and looked for a new job. At the beginning of the 18th century, all the decent music jobs were linked with either church or state, and ...

Musicologist Vivianne Asturizaga breathes into her flute to reveal the sounds of history that shape the soundscape of tomorrow. Asturizaga is joining Tallahassee Bach Parley on June 4 as they present ...

Within any classical musical genre, there are two sorts of piece. There are the thousands of routine works which have vanished completely. And there are the few dozens which soar above routine, and ...

Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No 2 with the Dunedin ConsortBach's Brandenburg Concerto No 2 with the Dunedin Consort ...