Listening to “Cantata 78” by Johann Sebastian Bach, one can almost hear the “eager yet faltering footsteps” of a soul going to see Jesus. Bach “painted” this picture through his composition, as he did ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The transience of life, suffering and death: these are the bleak thoughts that prevail throughout the four cantatas chosen for the sixth ...

“For the glory of God alone.” With these words, Bach signed off each of his two hundred sacred cantatas. But with so many to choose from, it’s hard to know where to begin. Our guide lifts the lid on a ...

Bach's Cantata #150 will be performed on Oct. 9 at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Lambertville. (Courtesy of Kevane & Co.) At 9:30 on Sunday morning, October 9, Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church will ...

Johann Sebastian Bach had an explosively productive year when he started working as Thomaskantor in Leipzig. This DW Festival Concert episode from the Bach Festival presents some of his creative, ...