San Quentin Prison interior

10 of the greatest composers who broke the law

Bach and wife Anna Magdalena

Did Bach’s wife write some of his best-known works?

Requiem

A guide to JS Bach's incredible Passion music

Johann Sebastian Bach

Bach: 15 facts about the great composer

We Wish You a Merry Christmas fugue

We Wish You a Merry Christmas, in the style of a Bach fugue

Lady Gaga Fugue

The Lady Gaga Fugue and other incredible Baroque-inspired arrangements of pop songs

Scrolling Bach

These scrolling music manuscripts are the internet at its most beautiful

Bach News

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György and Márta Kurtág Bach duet

Watch a 90-year-old husband and wife play Bach together in a beautiful video
Bach beer bottles

Bach's Art of Fugue played on beer bottles is strangely hypnotic
Christian Pierre La Marca Bach score

Watch a performance of Bach’s Cello Suites – and follow along with the music

Bach Music

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bach cantata tim mead

This Bach cantata is so beautiful it's basically from another planet
Margarita Balanas cellos

Cellist plays one piece of Bach on 20 historic cellos – and the contrast is fascinating
Bach on marimba

You haven’t heard Bach until you’ve heard it on marimba

Bach Pictures

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classical music on stamps

The most beautiful classical music postage stamps

Bach Maria Barbara Johann Sebastian wife

Bach's friends, family, and important people in his life

Free Pussy Riot

Pussy Riot: Who is the classical equivalent?

Bach Album Reviews

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New releases 13th July

New releases: Vladimir Ashkenazy plays Bach and Maxim Rysanov plays Schubert
New releases 12th June

New Releases: Bach with Zhu Xiao-Mei and Emmanuel Despax plays Chopin
new releases 22nd may

New releases: 'Bach Stories' and Mozart with the LSO Wind Ensemble