OK, so call it the “The Great Fifteen.” Saturday’s organ recital at the First Presbyterian Church of Bethlehem, shared by Bach Choir artistic director and conductor Greg Funfgeld and assistant ...
Bach's chorale preludes went far beyond the practical function of introducing a hymn tune. They were models of various compositional styles and musical sermons on the theology of the hymn text. In ...
Bach's arrangements of hymn tunes found their way into cantatas, organ preludes, motets and other pieces. Find out more about them here. A chorale is usually a simple and catchy melody to which a hymn ...
There cannot be too many experiences more fascinating or rewarding than hearing music of Johann Sebastian Bach that has been forgotten for the better part of 300 years. It was an experience enjoyed by ...
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Fantasia and Fugue in G minor BWV 542 "Great"; Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor BWV 582; Prelude and Fugue in E flat major BWV 552 "St Anne"; Prelude and Fugue in e minor BWV 548 "Wedge"; Toccata, ...
The Kalamazoo Gazette is reprinting selected Diether Haenicke columns through the end of the year. Haenicke died Feb. 15. This column was first published Jan. 31. 2001. Kalamazoo's Bach Festival ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by A new project completes Bach’s plans for his kaleidoscopic “Orgelbüchlein,” with a 21st-century touch. By Hugh Morris One of the most enduring ...
Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and John D. Rockefeller had pipe organs in their New York houses. If the rest of us want to hear organ music played live, we have to go to an organ. The Saturday ...