BY ALAN SHERROD   It is a regular theme—one can hardly talk about the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s January concerts without ...

Hannah French explores Bach's Four Orchestral Suites, which although never published or seen as a collection in the composer's lifetime, contain some of his most enduring music. Show more Hannah ...

Written in 1707, the Dixit Dominus is Handel's earliest surviving manuscript. Hear this incredible music in a shining performance with the Stockholm Bach Choir, Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble, and ...

A bright new recording of Bach's Orchestral Suites from Ensemble Sonnerie. Bach's four Orchestral Suites are among his most famous works - not least because of Suite No.3, which includes the 'Air on ...

Two of Bach's suites for orchestra frame duo concertos performed by some of the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra's finest. Directed by William Hennessy, the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra celebrates the ...

The violinist and conductor Sigiswald Kuijken formed the period-instrument ensemble La Petite Bande in 1972 for what was to be a one-off recording project. The group coalesced so impressively that it ...

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As prolific a composer (and patriarch) as Johann Sebastian Bach was, he managed to compose a precious few instrumental orchestral works. Besides solo instrument concertos, there exist only the six ...

The Sept. 24 death of prominent conductor and musicologist Christopher Hogwood came just as the orchestra he founded in 1973, the Academy of Ancient Music, was set to take on some of his signature ...

Orchestra of St. Luke's (OSL) today announced detailed programming for the second annual OSL Bach Festival, spanning three weeks from June 9-30, 2020, with concerts and masterclasses across four ...

“Orchestral Suites for a young prince” is what this release advertises, in reference to the fact that Sonnerie perform Bach’s familiar suites in versions ...

The death of Christopher Hogwood was among the most notable losses in classical music during 2014. As founder of the Academy of Ancient Music, he was a leading pioneer of period instruments and it is ...