One of the ‘lessons’ (I’m trying to avoid the schoolmarmish sense of the word here) gained in listening to the first week and a little bit more of Father Sean Duggan’s series of concerts of Bach ...

From the J.S. Bach keyboard works of the Baroque era to Bartók’s note-splitting masterpiece of the 20th century, here are some of the greatest piano concertos ever to have been written. Piano ...

The keyboard works of C.P.E. Bach, Johann Sebastian's most gifted and influential musical son, are among the most striking repertoire of the mid- 18th century. But they require a pianist as brilliant ...

In the last days of July he Finnish pianist Tuija Hakkila left behind the endless summer twilights of her own country for a few days of lower latitudes and earlier nightfalls in Upstate New York. At ...

Colin MacKnight has set himself a challenge that few organists would dare to tackle. MacKnight, director of music at Little Rock's Trinity Cathedral, is already in the midst of a Herculean task -- to ...

Ask Angela Hewitt if she gets many chances to play Beethoven nowadays and you can almost see the smile over the telephone. “Quite a lot, actually,” says the Ottawa-born, London-based pianist. “I’ve ...

If Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach wrote a dull piece of music, I've not yet heard it. And even if there is a workaday piece or two lurking within his 300 keyboard sonatas, you certainly won't find it on ...

The major classical recording companies have commemorated the 250th anniversary of the passing of Johann Sebastian Bach with several new recordings and reissues. Teldec takes pride of place with its ...

When he died in February, Peter Serkin was putting the final edits on his recording of a trove of pieces by C.P.E. Bach. By Anthony Tommasini Peter Serkin had a lifelong fascination with the piano ...

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, Prelude and Fugue BWV 846-893, No. 13 In F Sharp Major, Fis Dur: Praeludium The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, Prelude and Fugue BWV 846-893, No. 13 In F Sharp Major ...