In Bach's era, the pipe organ was one of the world's most technologically advanced instruments. Stefano Bianchetti/Corbis via Getty Images Imagine a grand house on a hill, after dark on an autumn ...
Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor is one of the most famous pieces of Baroque organ music ever written - with a particularly iconic opening Bach probably composed the Toccata and Fugue in D minor, ...
This spooky staple has long been associated with the horror genre, and was a go-to for scary films in the silent movie era. But what makes this work for the organ just so unsettling? Composed ...
From the sublime, gently weaving melody of "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" to the stormy, powerful Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, Bach explores all the secrets of the human heart. No wonder we hear his ...
Today we're delighted to bring you a film of Daniel Moult playing Bach's Prelude and Fugue in D minor BWV 539 on the Silbermann organ of St Marien, Roetha. It's taken from the forthcoming film project ...
The Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor is among the most famous of Bach’s great organ works. But transcribing it for and playing it upon the piano — as Krystian Zimerman did on the second half of his ...
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Johann Sebastian Bach was a German musician and composer who wrote throughout the 18th Century. For most of his career, Bach worked as an organist and choirmaster at various churches throughout ...