A pair of chaconnes that were first discovered in the 1990s have now been linked to the Baroque master Johann Sebastian Bach.

Two long-lost organ pieces by J.S. Bach have been performed publicly in Germany for the first time in more than three ...

The two newly attributed pieces lay overlooked in manuscript form, until researcher Peter Wollny was able to firmly identify ...

Previously unknown organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach have been presented and performed in Germany for the first time in ...

Leipzig-based Bach researcher Peter Wollny identifies two organ compositions as the work of the 18-year-old Johann Sebastian Bach · First performance in 320 years to be livestreamed from St Thomas’ ...

Heavy stones were thrown in a New Year’s Eve attack on one of classical music history’s most important churches. Police have launched an investigation into an act of vandalism at St. Thomas Church in ...

In this episode of DW Festival Concert with Cristina Burack, we listen to the St. Mathew Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach. It's a piece that tells the story of Christ's crucifixion and death. Every ...

“Bach at Leipzig,” Itamar Moses’s farce about an 18th-century contest among seven musicians vying for a post in Leipzig left open by the death of Johann Kuhnau – a position eventually filled by Johann ...

The super-talky “Bach at Leipzig” is a battle among inferiors fighting for the same high position. In Leipzig, Germany, the greatest organist in the world has died, and musicians are hurrying to ...

Police are investigating after 25 panes of glass were smashed at a world-famous church in the eastern German city of Leipzig. Police are looking for a suspect, and the church pastor has her own ...

Chaconne in D minor BWV 1178 and Chaconne in G minor BWV 1179 were discovered in 1992, but only recently authenticated.

The Leipzig Bach Archive is the musical centre of excellence on Johann Sebastian Bach located in the composer’s principal place of work. The BACH Research Portal is a project of the Saxon Academy of ...