On two consecutive Sunday afternoons last month at the Union College Memorial Chapel, solo string players took deep and extended journeys into the music of J.S. Bach. On Nov. 14, violinist Jennifer ...

Concerts come in all shapes and sizes. And one of the coolest, and also smallest, concerts I’ve been to recently was the culminating event of the 39th Long Beach Bach Festival, presented by the Long ...

“O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!” The words of the Psalm look bright on the page, but the music pulls them into shadow. The key is G minor. The bass instruments drone on ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by critic’s notebook Dan Tepfer has programmed a computer to invert the “Goldberg” Variations. Take a listen. By Anthony Tommasini In March, the jazz ...

Many Beatles songs, including All You Need is Love, Blackbird and Penny Lane, were inspired by his music. Lady Gaga sampled his harpsichord in her hit song Bad Romance. And classical composers ...