Sebastian Bach News

The front man for Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, and DIO, Ronnie lost his battle with gastric cancer in 2010. 

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.

Johann Sebastian Bach, irascible and turbulent, writes music of sensuous delight for his aristocratic patrons, and gives voice to his deep religious faith in music for the church.  He’s touchy, he’s fabulously rude, he has high standards (he stabs a bassoonist for playing badly) and he’s constantly in trouble with his employers. 

La Secretaría de Cultura federal y el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL), a través de la Coordinación Nacional de Música y Ópera, llevarán a cabo un programa de conciertos presenciales en el Palacio de Bellas Artes y en el Museo Nacional de Arte (Munal), con el entusiasmo y compromiso de sus agrupaciones artísticas para reencontrarse con sus públicos, luego de una ausencia de casi un año y de haber migrado a formatos digitales, a consecuencia de la emergencia sanitaria por COVID-19. 

During a year when performing arts faced challenges beyond measure, the Santa Barbara Symphony not only committed to presenting its full season of concerts, but also to continuing its music education programs, including the long-standing tradition of the Youth Symphony Concerto Competition, featuring some of Santa Barbara County's finest young musicians, held virtually this year.

Shaped by von Oeyen's experience of lockdown, this solo recital, recorded in France in September 2020, comprises Bach's eight-movement Overture in the French Style BWV 831, Beethoven's Piano Sonatas No. 13 in E flat and No. 23 in F minor, “Appassionata,” and and two Bach arrangements by Wilhelm Kempff.

Joining Simon Russell Beale who will play Johann Sebastian Bach in the world premiere of Nina Raine's Bach & Sons are Samuel Blenkin as Carl, Pandora Colin as Maria Barbara, Ruth Lass as Katharina, Douggie McMeekin as Wilhelm, Racheal Ofori as Anna Magdalena and Pravessh Rana as Frederick the Great.

Award-winning Spanish-born violinist Francisco Fullana will release his second solo album for Orchid Classics this May 28, 2021. Titled Bach’s Long Shadow, the recording is an intimate look into the impact and influence of Bach’s work over a 300-year span and Fullana’s personal journey as an artist.

This week, Associate Music Director Raymond Nagem will perform music by Heinrich Scheidemann, Johann Sebastian Bach, Paul Hindemith, and Margaretha Christina de Jong.  

Chicago's 2021 Bach Week Festival will arrive as a virtual two-concert series of free-to-view webcasts May 16 and 21 featuring instrumental and vocal music of the festival's namesake, German Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach, plus a work by Bach contemporary Georg Philipp Telemann, in prerecorded and livestreamed performances.

The concert video, filmed at the historic Christ Church Christiana Hundred in Wilmington, DE, premieres at 7:30PM EST on May 28 and remains available on demand until June 3.

The Kennedy Center has announced its 2021–2022 ballet and dance season - beginning in October 2021.

The latest offering of San Francisco Ballet's 2021 Digital Season shows off the wondrous artistry of the company's dancing more than anything. This mixed rep program of 3 very different ballets originally made on the company provides a dazzling showcase for the dancers' versatility, technique and musicality.

The Frost School of Music at the University of Miami has announced the stellar student winners of the Inaugural Artist Launch Award Competition.

The Royal Conservatory of Music will present Music of My Life – A Conversation With …, a new series available online beginning April 22, 2021. 

These recitals feature the music staff of the Cathedral, performing both in the great space of the Cathedral's Gothic interior and in the more intimate surroundings of their own living rooms. This week, Associate Music Director Raymond Nagem will perform music by Marcel Dupré, Johann Sebastian Bach, Roxanna Panufnik, and Christa Rakich.

Simon Russell Beale will play JS Bach in the world premiere of Nina Raine's Bach & Sons, directed by Nicholas Hytner.  Performances at The Bridge are from 23 June – 9 September 2021 with opening night on 29 June 2021. 

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.