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Bach's children

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

JS Bach

Bach's Violin Concertos - Where To Start

kid quartet playing bach concerto

This incredible string quartet of kids can basically play anything

Roger Federer plays piano for Uniqlo

Roger Federer just played Bach on the piano – and we asked a professional musician to analyse his playing

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bach cantata tim mead

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

Olivia Colman and Emma Stone in The Favourite

The Favourite soundtrack: trailer music, tracklisting and credits

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Composers and biscuits

Someone is comparing composers to biscuits – and the results are hilarious

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Figgy pudding fugue

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

Christmas

Guy Johnston babies

A top cellist played Bach to his nephews and their reactions were just adorable

San Quentin Prison interior

10 of the greatest composers who broke the law

Portrait Of The Composer Fanny Hensel Nee Mendelssohn 1805-1847

Fanny Mendelssohn: discover her biography, compositions and other facts

Yo-Yo Ma Armistice Day

Yo-Yo Ma performs during the Armistice ceremony in Paris: ‘We live in a time that feels fractured – Bach is unifying’

Yo-Yo Ma

Bach Genius

What was Bach's IQ and was he really a genius?

Glenn Gould and the score for the Goldberg Variations

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

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

Melvyn Tan

‘A lot of students don’t know how to practise’ says Melvyn Tan

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Pinchas Zukerman: ‘A woman once told me she gave birth to the sound of my recording of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto’

Johann Sebastian Bach

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