J.S. Bach News

Two musicians with close ties to Portland Baroque Orchestra -- artistic director Monica Huggett and oboist Gonzalo X. Ruiz -- received a Grammy nomination today for their recording with Ensemble Sonnerie of J.S. Bach's Orchestral Suites.

The San Francisco Symphony began its month of Christmas themed concerts with a serious starter, an abridged English-language version of J.S. Bach's six cantatas written for performance over the 13-day Lutheran Feast of Christmas in 1734.

More than perhaps any other Canadian figure, Glenn Gould's name is revered around the world.

DERBY Bach Choir wrapped up its 50th anniversary celebrations with music by JS Bach himself.

We don't often get to hear J.S. Bach's great "Christmas Oratorio." It's made up of six separate cantatas, lasts about three hours and originally was offered in installments, sung over a nearly two-week period, beginning on Christmas Day and then marking the major feast days of the season.

The Chamber Singers of Iowa City are delighted to announce a collaborative holiday concert with the Cedar Rapids Symphony/ Orchestra Iowa.

Eric Siblin, the Montreal-based writer of The Cello Suites, has been nominated for Canada's richest non-fiction award.

ONE OF THE MOST pleasing sounds to the human ear is probably the human voice raised in song.

A father's struggle to come to terms with his son's disability and a biography of media baron William Randolph Hearst are among the nominees for Canada's richest non-fiction literary prize.

Of that he left no doubt, Eugene Gigout's "Grand Choeur Dialogue" resounding with as much color as the stained glass beauty behind the console.

It may not be beginning to look a lot like Christmas, but choral ensemble Canzona decided to get the snowball rolling.

Igor Stravinsky claimed that music is beyond verbal description. But is it? While there may be a gap between the emotional experience of the beat, rhythm and cadence of music and capturing it in words, writers use metaphor, allegory and storytelling to do so.

A few weeks back, there was an article posted here that speculated what kind of music Johann Sebastian Bach would have written if he had not believed in god.

Higgs's playing was crisp, bright and filled with surprises. His programming was eclectic -- in turns fun and whimsical, and serious and searching.

Submitted by Stacey Grimaldi, CONCORA, on 2009-11-11.   On Sunday, Nov. 22, 4 p.m. there will be a 35th Anniversary Concert & Reunion.

Chicago Choral Artists opens their 35th season by celebrating the 200th anniversary of Felix Mendelssohn's birth with a concert, The Two Worlds of Mendelssohn, at the Music Institute of Chicago, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston on Friday, November 20th at 7:30 pm.

An account of two near-death experiences, a tale of raising a son with a rare genetic condition and a biography of media baron William Randolph Hearst's early years will compete for British Columbia's National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction. The three books a ' by novelist Wayson Choy, journalist Ian Brown and Maclean's editor Kenneth Whyte, ...

THERE is no other guitar concert on tour anywhere in the world quite like Richard Durrant's The Guitar Whisperer - who comes to The Poly, Falmouth, on Tuesday.

Published: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 4:12 a.m. WHAT: Classical pianist Teresa Walters gives a recital as part of Florida Southern College's Festival of Fine Arts WHEN: 7:30 p.m. today WHERE: Branscomb Auditorium, Florida Southern College, Lakeland THE ARTIST: Teresa Walters is perhaps better ...

Chichester Chamber Concerts open their 2009-2010 season with a concert in memory of their founder and chairman Michael Nott who died earlier this year.