The news Sunday afternoon was a prodigious live performance of arguably the least performable and unarguably greatest contrapuntal exercise in the history of music, Bach’s “The Art of the Fugue,” by ...

J.S. Bach’s final work, the unfinished cycle of fugues and canons known as “Die Kunst der Fugue,” is a summation of Baroque polyphonic practice that, in the right performing hands, transcends ...

Evidently Fretwork's reputation preceded it, for a full house greeted the virtuosic quintet for the concert and illustrated talk. Presented by ASPECT Foundation for Music and Arts, the event was one ...

Grammy-award winning jazz pianist Brad Mehldau connects the dots as though they were so many 16th notes. His two new albums, “After Bach II” and “Après Fauré,” use classical music as a foundation for ...

Bach’s legacy will be the focus of a festival-within-a-festival opening at Lincoln Center, Friday. But the opening performance features a predecessor he never knew he had. The Bach & Polyphonies ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by critic’s notebook Dan Tepfer has programmed a computer to invert the “Goldberg” Variations. Take a listen. By Anthony Tommasini In March, the jazz ...

Google the word "mandolinist" and take a look at the suggestions that drop down in the search bar. The name "Chris Thile" is sure to be at, or near, the top. Sure, it takes more than a search engine ...

On 7 April the Cairo Opera House Small Hall gave the audience a Chamber Orchestra Concert. Musicians from the Cairo Symphony Orchestra performed works by Johann Sebastian Bach followed by ...