One of modern dance music’s best known tracks ... Having already been inspired to use Bach’s Toccata in D minor for the guitar riff on their song Plug In Baby, rock band Muse then went ...

An exceptional account of Bach’s Mass in B minor, traditional and unusual string quartets, and Thomas Adès suites are among the highlights.

Bach wrote music during a time that we now call the Baroque ... a lot and were paid little but Bach was one of the absolute best. Everything was different in the Baroque period; many of the ...

The Swansea Bach Choir was formed in 1965 with the specific aim of presenting the best choral works from the ... or to study music at music colleges and universities. Many of the choir's current ...

Exploring great composers with songs based on some of their most famous melodies. We hear about some 18th century inventions of the 'Industrial Revolution', such as the ‘Seed drill ...

Exploring great composers with songs based on some of their most famous melodies. We travel to Germany in 1722 to hear Johann Sebastian Bach playing one of his famous harpsichord pieces ...

He played exactly what Bach wrote, with no frills or extravagant colouring. It was a plain interpretation; sometimes it’s best to let the music express itself, perhaps just as Bach intended.