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 ...

“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 ...

Grammy-award winning jazz pianist Brad Mehldau connects the dots as though they were so many 16th notes. His two new albums, “After Bach II” and “Après Fauré,” use classical music as a foundation for ...

It began with the first note. I know, all concerts do. But the first notes produced by Horizon Chamber Choir at their concert the other day at California Heights Methodist Church, the opening concert ...

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 ...

Conductors of Baroque music seldom get the opportunity to present new works. But Jeffrey Thomas, music director of American Bach Soloists, has something novel in store for audiences at the group’s ...

There's something about Johann Sebastian Bach's music that nourishes musicians. Pianist Andras Schiff and cellist Yo-Yo Ma have said that they play Bach almost every day — like having breakfast, it ...

After hearing and understanding the work of one classical composer, Nina Simone knew that she would have to dedicate her life ...

J.S. Bach's birthday is March 21. Today, Bach is easily one of the top three most revered composers (along with Beethoven and Mozart), but that wasn’t always the case. Eighty years after Bach died, ...