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Apple apologises for new iPad advert after internet backlash, including brilliant Bach parody.

Apple apologises for piano-crushing advert – after brilliant Bach parody

Huge xylophone plays Bach

Giant handmade xylophone plays Bach in the depths of a serene Japanese forest

nina simone plays bach

Nina Simone plays a stunning Bach-style fugue in the middle of one of her classic songs

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bach cantata tim mead

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

Classical music is speeding up, according to a study using the works of J.S. Bach

New study into performances of Bach reveals classical music is speeding up

Margarita Balanas cellos

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

New releases: Morricone, Radulovic

New releases: 60 years of iconic Morricone music and Nemanja Radulovic plays Bach

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Bach B minor Mass Monteverdi Choir

Is this the most thrilling, joyous and uplifting three minutes of music ever written?

Bach Come Sweet Death Komm susser tod

Bach: Komm, süßer Tod

Bach's well tempered clavier

Bach - 48 Preludes and Fugues (Well-Tempered Clavier)

harpsichord

Bach - Partitas for keyboard

Bach Sinfonias Inventions

Bach - Inventions and Sinfonias

Stradivarius

Bach - Chaconne

nativity stained glass window

Bach - Magnificat

Nativity

Bach - Christmas Oratorio

Ave Maria Hail Mary rosary

Bach - Ave Maria

Johann Sebastian Bach at the organ

Bach - Prelude No. 1 in C Major

Bach cantata 140

Bach - Cantata No. 140 (Wachet Auf)

bach cantata 208

Bach - Cantata No. 208

Bach goldberg

J.S. Bach – Goldberg Variations

Bach Goldberg

Bach - Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D

Bach cello suite 1

Bach - Cello Suites

The Brandenburg Concertos

Bach - Cantata No. 147

Bach Violin Concerto

Bach - Mass in B minor

Bach cello suite 1

Bach - St Matthew Passion

The Brandenburg Concertos

Bach - Brandenburg Concertos

Bach News

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Bach pancake

Someone made an impossibly well-sculpted J.S. Bach pancake and we are mightily impressed

György and Márta Kurtág Bach duet

This 90-year old couple play Bach together and it will bring tears to your eyes

JS Bach and Princess Eugenie

J.S. Bach given a boost among under-35s thanks to Princess Eugenie

Bach Pictures

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Bach's children

Q: How many children did J.S. Bach have? A: Loads. Here’s what we know.

San Quentin Prison interior

10 of the greatest composers who broke the law

Johann Sebastian Bach

Bach: Compositions, children, biography and more facts about the great composer

Bach Album Reviews

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New releases 13th July

New releases: Vladimir Ashkenazy plays Bach and Maxim Rysanov plays Schubert

album reviews 27th march

New releases: John Williams & Steven Spielberg - The Ultimate Collection and Elgar & Tchaikovsky - Cello Works

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Buchbinder Bach Partitas

J.S. Bach: English Suite No.3/Partitas Nos.1 & 2 - Rudolf Buchbinder

Bach Guides

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Bach's Facebook page

If composers had Facebook: Johann Sebastian Bach's profile

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