Sebastian Bach News

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.

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.

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.

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.

Boston Ballet presents BB@yourhome: Celebrating Jorma Elo, a virtual program celebrating the evolution of Boston Ballet Resident Choreographer Jorma Elo and his 15 year career with Boston Ballet. Celebrating Jorma Elo will premiere on Thursday, February 25 and will be available until March 7. Subscribers will receive a streaming link prior to the premiere.

The Houston Symphony debut of celebrated conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen highlights the orchestra's classical offerings in March, which also include Houston Symphony Principal Clarinet Mark Nuccio as soloist in Aaron Copland's Clarinet Concerto.

Johann Sebastian Bach's glorious music returns to Melbourne Recital Centre's Elisabeth Murdoch Hall this March in two signature concerts surveying his genius. Shifting from an atmosphere of reflection into celebration and featuring everything from intimate solo to large string ensemble works, the two-concert series paints a dynamic portrait of the composer's brilliance.

Chinese and American musicians will present a joint virtual concert ahead of the Chinese New Year.

The Houston Symphony is announcing that Finnish conductor/composer Esa-Pekka Salonen is headlining its March 26, 27, and 28, 2021 concert series. Marking Salonen's Houston Symphony debut, the concert features the Finnish maestro leading the orchestra in a program of his own music alongside works by Bach and Beethoven. 

Alberta Bair Theater has been approved for a $20,000 Grants for Arts Projects award to support artistic programming, which will help fund D'DAT, Compagnie Hervé Koubi, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, and Raul Midón.

Today, The Cleveland Orchestra announced that due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, in order to best ensure the health and safety of musicians, staff, volunteers, and all guests (including subscribers and ticket-buyers) the Orchestra will not have audiences in Severance Hall from March to June, as originally planned.