Yet the look, and sound, of these six pieces “for several instruments”, rather obsequiously dedicated by the job-seeking Bach to the Margrave of Brandenburg in 1721, can still startle audiences. Last ...

This video of a music teacher and her young pupil playing Bach together is unbelievably sweet. We’re coming over all nostalgic for school music lessons. J.S. Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins, Strings, ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Although Lisa Batiashvili is pictured on the cover (and in numerous glamorous photos through the booklet) this Bach ...

Robert Danziger had been employed at NASA”s Jet Propulsion Laboratory for only a few days when he witnessed a historical moment for the lab — and for mankind. It was 1979, nearly two years after the ...

A classical concert featuring 17 string players, an up-and-coming electronic jazz musician, a choreographer, and an Icelandic singer deified by the indie scene—“Bach to Björk” was another typically ...

Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos are masterpieces of orchestral colour, and these landmark recordings by the Orchestra of the Antipodes on period instruments bring out all the warmth and beauty of the ...