It’s hard to imagine, but six concertos written in hopes of a job have become Johann Sebastian Bach’s most popular music. The Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046–1051, are a collection of six instrumental ...
The restless musician, sporting less electronic gear than usual, spotlights the acoustic warmth of her instrument in pieces ...
It is questionable whether Bach’s own musicians were actually able to perform this music. “Sometimes, I have the feeling that Bach had such a clear idea of what he wanted from the music that he wrote, ...