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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

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

Gautier Capuçon playing in a plane engine

Watch cellist Gautier Capuçon serenade us from INSIDE an aeroplane engine

Yo-Yo Ma plays Bach

Yo-Yo Ma: "We live in a time that feels fractured, and Bach is a unifying factor"

Yo-Yo Ma

Lady Gaga Fugue

The epic Baroque Fugue on a Theme by Lady Gaga

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Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

‘Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring’, but it’s played on a Launchpad Pro

Gabrie Yared

‘I would have loved someone to tell me they were confident in my talent’: Gabriel Yared, composer of The English Patient

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Iestyn Davies

What is a countertenor? And how do you sing falsetto? We asked the brilliant singer Iestyn Davies

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Nile crocodile

Some scientists played Bach to a Nile crocodile because why not

The best classical music for morning

The best classical music for mornings

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Bach's Toccata and Fugue on harp

Bach’s Toccata and Fugue sounds astonishingly beautiful on solo harp

Bach and wife Anna Magdalena

Did Bach’s wife write some of his best-known works?

Requiem

A guide to JS Bach's incredible Passion music

Glass harp Bach toccata

We are completely mesmerised by Bach’s Toccata and Fugue on wine glasses