nina simone plays bach

Nina Simone plays a stunning Bach-style fugue in the middle of one of her classic songs

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Bach's Facebook page

If composers had Facebook: Johann Sebastian Bach's profile

Bach's children

Q: How many children did J.S. Bach have? A: Loads. Here’s what we know.

Figgy pudding fugue

We Wish You a Merry Christmas, in the style of a Bach fugue

Christmas

San Quentin Prison interior

10 of the greatest composers who broke the law

Johann Sebastian Bach

Bach: Compositions, children, biography and more facts about the great composer

Bach News

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Bach pancake

Someone made an impossibly well-sculpted J.S. Bach pancake and we are mightily impressed
Huge xylophone plays Bach

Giant handmade xylophone plays Bach in the depths of a serene Japanese forest
György and Márta Kurtág Bach duet

This 90-year old couple play Bach together and it will bring tears to your eyes

Bach Music

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bach cantata tim mead

This Bach cantata is so beautiful it's basically from another planet
Classical music is speeding up, according to a study using the works of J.S. Bach

New study into performances of Bach reveals classical music is speeding up
Margarita Balanas cellos

Cellist plays one piece of Bach on 20 historic cellos – and the contrast is fascinating

Bach Pictures

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classical music on stamps

The most beautiful classical music postage stamps

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Bach Maria Barbara Johann Sebastian wife

Bach's friends, family, and important people in his life

Free Pussy Riot

Pussy Riot: Who is the classical equivalent?

Bach Album Reviews

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New releases 13th July

New releases: Vladimir Ashkenazy plays Bach and Maxim Rysanov plays Schubert
New releases 12th June

New Releases: Bach with Zhu Xiao-Mei and Emmanuel Despax plays Chopin
new releases 22nd may

New releases: 'Bach Stories' and Mozart with the LSO Wind Ensemble