Sebastian Bach News

Calgary Philharmonic will present City Spaces: Fairmont Palliser, a virtual concert held on Saturday 17 April 2021.

In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the difficulties of presenting in-person concerts, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine has launched a weekly series of online music recitals, Tuesdays at 6, on the Cathedral's Facebook page and YouTube channel.

In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the difficulties of presenting in-person concerts, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine has launched a weekly series of online music recitals, Tuesdays at 6. This week, Artist in Residence David Briggs will perform music by Jean Langlais and Johann Sebastian Bach, as well has his own compositions.

Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) is pleased to announce headlining performances for its 43rd Annual Showers of Sound Gala taking place virtually via livestream on Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 7 p.m. CST.

Great Music in a Great Space, the premier concert series at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, will present a virtual performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's St. John Passion on Monday, March 29th at 7pm.

For six weeks beginning Monday, March 29, American Ballet Theatre will present the works of the 2021 ABT Incubator with weekly premieres of new choreography created within the past year by ABT artists. 

The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music's virtual concert series continues with a powerful performance by the CCM Chamber Choir.

Free-to-view webcast, 'Happy Birthday, Bach, to offer livestreamed performances of Baroque chamber music.

While the Jack Singer Concert Hall has been closed in recent weeks, Calgary Philharmonic musicians have been recording solos and duets at some of the city's iconic downtown buildings for three special City Spaces concerts starting Saturday, March 20.

Pennsylvania Ballet has announced the launch of its digital spring season, titled Strength. Resilience. Beauty., featuring newly filmed productions of classic ballets, world premieres, and principal solo performances.

Here the quartet follow the beam from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Fugue in C-sharp minor (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I) through Ludwig van Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 14, to Béla Bartók’s String Quartet No. 1.

The Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra returns to the (socially distanced) stage with a live streamed performance on March 7th from Catalyst Arts & Maker Space in the Tucson Mall. The orchestra’s first concert of the year will feature prominent works from the Baroque era.

Great Music in a Great Space, the premier concert series at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, will present a virtual performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's St. John Passion on Monday, March 29th at 7pm.

Boston Baroque ushers in spring with a new pop-up concert livestreamed for audiences featuring Handel's Gloria and J.S. Bach's Concert for Two Violins. The program will take place on Saturday, April 10th at 7pm live from Fraser Studio at GBH in Boston.

In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the difficulties of presenting in-person concerts, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine has launched a weekly series of online music recitals, Tuesdays at 6. This week, Associate Music Director Raymond Nagem will perform music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Édith Beaulieu, and Josef Gabriel Rheinberger.

This is the third volume of the Danish String Quartet’s ongoing Prism series, which shows how the radiance of Bach’s fugues is refracted through Beethoven’s quartets to illuminate the work of later composers. 

On March 19, Naïve Classiques will release Bach Klavierwerke, Rinaldo Alessandrini's third solo harpsichord recital on the French label. Rinaldo Alessandrini generally records with his ensemble Concerto Italiano but his solo harpsichord recital discs are far less frequent.

Today (February 23) in live streaming: Stars in the House celebrates Black Male Excellence, Patrick Page takes on Shakespeare's villains, and more!

MusicaNova performs two live concerts in March, BURKINA DREAMS OF THE DESERT as part of its Classical Lounge Series with Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, and STABAT MATER at Scottsdale Presbyterian Church.

Petzold's Minuets have been wrongly attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach (because of their inclusion in Bach's Notebook for Anna Magdalena). Ironically, that was one reason for their success. All his other surviving pieces are very seldom performed.