At first glance, none of these works have immediate audience appeal. The English Suites, although mostly based on dance forms, are elaborate contrapuntal constructions, long and with little melodic ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – There’s a reason pianist Angela Hewitt stands alone in the music of Bach, and it’s not her flawless technique, impeccable elegance or deep insight. It’s her father. Growing up in the ...

It is extraordinary that of over a thousand pieces written by J S Bach only about a dozen were published in his lifetime. The pieces he chose as his opus 1 – although published in 1731 when he was in ...