JS Bach

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JC Bach was the darling of Georgian London. Will his forgotten opera shake off the shadow of his celebrated father?
Publication of Lucio Silla by JS Bach’s youngest son could see his talent recognised once more in the city he made his home

Vanessa Thorpe Arts and Media Correspondent

15, Sep, 2024 @9:00 AM

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La Pasión Según San Marcos review – Golijov’s riot of rhythm and colour gets Edinburgh off to a thrilling start
Osvaldo Golijov’s remarkable take on Bach’s St Matthew Passion exhilarates with its singular mix of textures, styles and movement, brought together into a triumphant mass by conductor Joana Carneiro

Sarah Noble

04, Aug, 2024 @12:03 PM

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Close Up review – zoom in on a sporty dance of cool control
Noé Soulier’s new piece has six dancers, five musicians and one fixed camera which picks out details from individual and entwined figures

Chris Wiegand

19, Jul, 2024 @5:00 AM

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The week in classical: Cavalleria rusticana/Aleko; Bath BachFest review – passion and penitence
Opera North pairs Mascagni’s masterpiece with teenage Rachmaninov in a potent double bill. Plus, well-tuned extremes from Tenebrae and a blizzard of notes with Mahan Esfahani

Fiona Maddocks

24, Feb, 2024 @1:00 PM

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The Score review – Brian Cox is magnetic as JS Bach in a clash of values
The Succession star excels in Oliver Cotton’s play about the meeting between the composer and Frederick the Great

Arifa Akbar

20, Oct, 2023 @12:03 PM

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Classical home listening: Bach’s Goldberg Variations/Reimagined; Errollyn Wallen
Bach’s miraculous work is given outstanding expression by Vikingur Ólafsson, and a bold baroque treatment by Rachel Podger and friends

Fiona Maddocks

14, Oct, 2023 @11:00 AM

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‘An encyclopedia of how to think and dream on the piano’: Víkingur Ólafsson on Bach’s Goldberg Variations
The star Icelandic pianist is having an extraordinary year – recording, and now performing, Bach’s monumental work 88 times around the world. He explains why it gripped his imagination, and pushed him beyond the limit

Víkingur Ólafsson

06, Oct, 2023 @7:34 AM

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Víkingur Ólafsson review – Icelandic pianist brings magic and spontaneity to Bach
Performing the Goldberg Variations to a packed and tangibly engaged hall, this was a hypnotic reading that added up to considerably more than the sum of the work’s 32 parts.

Clive Paget

24, Sep, 2023 @9:39 AM

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After Amadeus: Brian Cox as Bach is theatre’s latest orchestral manoeuvre
Oliver Cotton’s The Score, a new drama about Bach’s confrontation with Frederick II, continues a rich tradition of plays about great composers

Michael Billington

20, Sep, 2023 @7:06 AM

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The week in classical: 74th Aldeburgh Festival; Werther – review
From thundering Thorvaldsdóttir to late-night Bach, it’s a standout year for Britten’s music festival, while at the ROH Jonas Kaufmann made a subdued Werther

Fiona Maddocks

24, Jun, 2023 @11:30 AM

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Webern: String Quartets; Bach: The Art of Fugue review | Andrew Clements's classical album of the week
The pairing of Bach’s unfinished composition with Webern’s spare pieces for string quartet works well, although background noise takes the shine off

Andrew Clements

08, Jun, 2023 @2:30 PM

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The week in classical: Blue; Bach: Mass in B Minor – review
A potent US tale of Black lives hits home with fervour and humanity at ENO. Plus shock and roar from John Eliot Gardiner at 80

Fiona Maddocks

29, Apr, 2023 @11:30 AM

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