Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach artist page: interviews, features and/or performances archived at NPR Music
Concerts
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March 23, 2012 The Canadian ensemble and vocal soloists perform Bach's misunderstood St. John Passion.
July 13, 2011 Hear the pianist play Bach and Schubert in recital at the Savannah Music Festival.
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May 14, 2011 Hear the venerable orchestra trace the arc of the symphony from the Renaissance to modern times.
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May 6, 2011 To open Carnegie Hall's Spring for Music festival, the ensemble plays new pieces inspired by Bach.
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March 11, 2008 Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 inspires a world premiere for the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
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December 21, 2007 The acclaimed Collegiate Chorale performs selections from one of Bach's most joyful works.
October 4, 2007 At 24, the young artist has been called "one of the great violinists of the 21st century."
January 19, 2007 The Los Angeles Philharmonic performs some of J.S. Bach's most cinematically pleasing music.
October 11, 2006 The group celebrates its 60th anniversary with a performance of Bach's Contrapuncti Nos. 2, 7 and 9.
August 7, 2006 Pianist Leon Fleisher, who overcame a debilitating hand condition, performs Bach with both hands.
August 2, 2006 In the spirit of mixing and matching music on MP3 players, a set of four short classical pieces.
July 21, 2006 An assortment of Irish reels, Romanian folk tunes, Django Rhinehart swing, improvisations and more.
August 22, 2005 Pulitzer-winning composer Steven Stucky chats about composing, his colleagues and Bach's music.
July 26, 2005 New York native Richard Goode is one of the premiere pianists performing today.
Studio Sessions
March 21, 2012 The pianist performs contemporary takes on Bach's Goldberg Variations in the NPR studio
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November 10, 2011 From delicate Bach to thundering Rachmaninoff, hear the young pianist perform in the APM studio.
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August 17, 2010 Hear the busy concert violinist play Bach, Hindemith and Brahms in the APM studio.
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March 26, 2010 Hear the celebrated pianist play Chopin and Bach, and discuss their music in the NPR studio.
June 15, 2009 The classical guitarist plays with a clear, lyrical technique in music from the baroque and beyond.
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February 26, 2009 The pianist presents new variations on an old Bach tune at the Performance Today studios.
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April 14, 2008 The seasoned British pianist plays J.S. Bach's music for the first time in her distinguished career.
June 17, 2005 Joyce Yang comes to NPR fresh from her win at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.
March 8, 2005 At 28, Daniel Mueller-Schott is already one of the world's most in-demand cellists.
August 18, 2004 Cellist Hai-Ye Ni performs and chats with NPR's Fred Child at the La Jolla SummerFest.
Interviews & Profiles
March 23, 2012 Renowned pianist Leif Ove Andsnes claims that many of us miss "the miracle" of Gould's Bach.
March 22, 2012 On the BMW of harpsichords, Andreas Staier takes a drive through Bach's Goldberg Variations.
March 22, 2012 Pianist Jeremy Denk explains how Bach created infinite worlds out of eight simple notes.
March 19, 2012 Professor Christoph Wolff, today's top Bach answer man, helps kick off our Goldberg week.
December 11, 2011 NPR Music's Tom Huizenga and host Guy Raz spin an eclectic mix of new classical releases.
November 18, 2011 Commentator Miles Hoffman invites an eclectic group of long-gone composers to Thanksgiving dinner.
April 13, 2011 Hear the pianist pick favorite recordings, from Lorraine Hunt Lieberson to Leonard Cohen.
January 10, 2011 The pianist describes Bach: A Strange Beauty, her new recording of J.S. Bach's keyboard music.
August 14, 2010 NPR Music's Tom Huizenga and host Guy Raz spin an eclectic assortment of new music.
July 29, 2010 The violinist reflects on her self-confidence and her controversial, much-discussed album covers.
November 3, 2009 Simultaneously subtle and brilliant, Bach's Brandenburg Concertos are a microcosm of Baroque music.
August 4, 2009 Murray Perahia's fleet fingers and seasoned musicality make this a Bach recording for the ages.
July 13, 2009 All the thrills, theatrics and drama of a massive electric-guitar shred-fest, but it's J.S. Bach.
April 19, 2009 The family-run record label from France withstands industry downturns by trusting the music.
April 7, 2009 Bach's Mass is as lofty in design, scope and expression as anything written by the hand of man.
June 15, 2008 The guitarist demonstrates his approach to Bach and the impracticality of breaking a fingernail.
March 18, 2008 Acclaimed singers, scholars and conductors present a guided tour through Bach's sacred masterpiece.
November 5, 2007 A young, struggling pianist banks on J. S. Bach and launches a successful career.
April 27, 2007 Russian cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich died Friday in Moscow. He was 80.
January 5, 2007 This 20th-anniversary program highlights great performances and moments of poignancy and levity.
January 18, 2007 Violinst Arnold Steinhardt's memoir chronicles his ultimate challenge: playing the Bach Chaconne.
October 21, 2005 At Chamber Music Northwest, Fred Child talks Bach with violists Paul Neubauer and Cynthia Phelps.
August 22, 2005 Pulitzer-winning composer Steven Stucky chats about composing, his colleagues and Bach's music.
December 7, 2004 Musicologist Richard Taruskin talks about the divergent paths of Scarlatti, Handel and Bach.
Discover Songs
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December 18, 2009 Hear today's top classical musicians revisit the music they know and love best.
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December 9, 2009 Minnesota Public Radio's Michael Barone introduces 10 overlooked but excellent classical albums.
April 7, 2009 Bach's Mass is as lofty in design, scope and expression as anything written by the hand of man.
July 23, 2008 On his birthday, hear Fleisher's best recordings, chosen by Pulitzer-winning critic Tim Page.
December 20, 2006 Tom Moon looks at this year's under-appreciated gems: the Shadow Classics of the future.
November 1, 2006 Pianist Iren Marik gets at exactly what's needed to bring each piece alive and adds nothing more.
September 11, 2001 As NPR covered the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington DC, it was music that gave liste...
News
February 27, 2012 The French musician reignited interest in the trumpet with clarion top notes and many recordings.
January 17, 2012 He was a conductor, harpsichordist, organist and a grandfather of today's early music movement.
December 22, 2011 J.S. Bach's Christmas Oratorio is a seasonal staple for one of the world's oldest churches.
March 16, 2010 Soprano Marlis Petersen masters an unfamiliar opera in 48 hours, stepping in for an ailing star.
October 4, 2007 At 24, the young artist has been called "one of the great violinists of the 21st century."
May 9, 2007 The Bach Choir of Bethlehem carries on a centuries-old tradition of performing his works.
May 13, 2006 Three DJs offer their variations on Bach's "Little" Fugue in G Minor at an Oregon competition.
June 10, 2005 For the first time in a generation, a new piece of music by J.S. Bach has been discovered.
June 9, 2005 A lost composition by Johann Sebastian Bach has been discovered by a researcher in Germany.
September 11, 2004 The Gilmore Keyboard Festival has commissioned a brand new set of "Goldberg Variations."
Reviews
April 10, 2012 Watch an excerpt of Peter Sellars' semi-staged "ritualization" of Bach's dramatic passion story.
July 19, 2011 Hear the veteran oboist make his instrument sing in blissful music by J.S. Bach.
August 17, 2010 Artists are reinventing Bach's music in creative new ways. Tom Manoff spotlights some favorites.
March 15, 2010 On her new CD, the violinist joins two great singers in selections from Bach's cantatas.
October 24, 2006 Violinist John Holloway played Bach on a Baroque-style instrument with traditional gut strings.
More Stories
March 23, 2012 The Goldbergs in alternate guises, from versions for solo harp to one for a flock of viols.
March 23, 2012 Fridays are funnier with a classical cartoon at noon, from Deceptive Cadence.
March 22, 2012 In Jeremy Denk's head, some weird muscle spasms from hearing Bach's mind-blowing chromatic ooze.
March 21, 2012 Don't let Bach's music lull you into a false sense of self-confidence. Try this interactive quiz.
March 20, 2012 Pianist Jeremy Denk gets inside the head of a fictional serial killer and finds principles of Bach.
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March 20, 2012 With nearly 200 recordings of Bach's Goldberg Variations on the market, how do you choose?
March 19, 2012 For pianist Jeremy Denk, Bach's cheerfully organized music is the Martha Stewart of variations.
January 20, 2012 Fridays are funnier with a classical cartoon at noon, from Deceptive Cadence.
October 31, 2011 On Halloween, a serious question: Which music would you take with you to the grave?
August 12, 2011 Watch the miraculous hands (and feet) of the Grammy-winning organist in an all-Bach performance.
June 27, 2011 An idle query on Twitter ignites a fun debate.
May 19, 2011 How pianist Orli Shaham coaxes preschoolers to take in Bach, Schumann and Ravel.
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May 10, 2011 Can classical music get down and party? Some jazz musicians sure think so.
March 1, 2011 There's plenty of headbanging in the staid world of Bach and Brahms. Tell us your favorite pieces.
January 9, 2011 Hear Dinnerstein's expressive new recording of Bach's keyboard music in its entirety.
December 22, 2010 When the season shifts to chilly, cloudy days, does your musical taste change too?
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December 8, 2010 The music of J.S. Bach never goes out of style. Hear some of the best Bach records of the year.
November 26, 2010 Friday's are funnier with a classical cartoon at noon on Deceptive Cadence.
November 5, 2010 Fridays are funnier with a 'classical cartoon at noon' from Deceptive Cadence.
September 17, 2010 The young cellist plays Bach with elegance and a new piece by Golijov with Technicolor brilliance.
December 12, 2006 WGUC music director Kent Teeters compiled this list of the year's best classical CD discoveries.
September 20, 2006 Conductor Leopold Stokowski scolded an audience in 1945. Hear the story and his Bach transcriptions.
