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Bach pancake

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

Huge xylophone plays Bach

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

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

This incredible pianist played Bach upside down

This incredible pianist played a Bach masterpiece upside down – and our minds are officially blown

Jacques Loussier

This Bach fugue captures the pure musical genius of the late Jacques Loussier

kid quartet playing bach concerto

This incredible string quartet of kids can basically play anything

Glenn Gould and the score for the Goldberg Variations

Glenn Gould's score of Bach's Goldberg Variations to be auctioned in New York

Lady Gaga Fugue

The epic Baroque Fugue on a Theme by Lady Gaga

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Bach and wife Anna Magdalena

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

Beatboxing Kevin cello

Beatboxing to Bach’s Cello Suite is the most incredible display of multi-tasking

Bach from Fluterscooter

A Bach flute sonata - flute and organ, but just one player

Bach St Matthew Passion

One picture that sums up a powerful response to terrorism and violence

peter gregson bristol proms bach

A simple, beautiful performance of Bach's Cello Suite No. 1

Peter Gregson

string quartet and ballet dancers

What happens when ballet dancers bump into a busking string quartet?

Elephants dancing violin Bach

Elephants dance to a violinist playing Bach

Igor Levit

Igor Levit on the magic of Bach's Partitas

Bach partita Time for Three

Video: violinist plays Bach on runway to protest flight ban

John Eliot Gardiner complete Bach Cantatas

Sir John Eliot Gardiner releases complete Bach cantata set

Music Week

Elton John claims Bach and Beethoven are his influences

voyager music

Mozart, Bach and Beethoven leave solar system in Voyager spacecraft

Mozart

goldfish

Goldfish can recognise classical music

Johann Sebastian Bach

The Full Works Concert - Monday 5 August: J.S. Bach

Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Sir John Eliot Gardiner becomes president of Leipzig Bach Archive

Sir John Eliot Gardiner

baby listening

Mozart better than Bach for premature babies

Mozart

Demons Never Die Premiere

Rizzle Kicks new album to have Bach influence?

bach beatboxed

Bach beatboxed with help from teen pianist

Beethoven, Bach manuscripts up for auction

Beethoven, Schoenberg, Bach manuscripts auctioned for huge prices

Beethoven

Beethoven, Bach manuscripts up for auction

Beethoven, Bach manuscripts up for auction

Beethoven

Bach flashmob in California

Bach Flashmob stuns Californian plaza

Kimiko Ishizaka

Bach Goldberg Variations Made Free

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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

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

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

Requiem

A guide to JS Bach's incredible Passion music

bach prelude visualisation

This visualisation of a Bach prelude lets you see just how clever the piece really is