This January, Dr. Derald DeYoung returns to the Library for the 19th year, offering a free, six-week deep dive into the life ...

Our music today includes a selection from Rochelle Sennet's intriguing release Bach to Black, which pairs suites by Black composers with those of Johann Sebastian Bach. We'll enjoy her performance of ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Calm and graceful, this cello piece by Bach slowly dances through hopefulness, longing and introspection. Calm and graceful, this cello piece ...

Simone Dinnerstein's 2007 recording of Bach's Goldberg variations launched her career into the stratosphere. She believes Bach’s music has it all – intelligence and heart – and her expertise inspired ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Listen to all the moods from the grand master of Western classical music: consoling, rousing, peaceful, passionate. In the past we’ve chosen the five ...

Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the album is released. However, you can still listen with the Spotify or Apple Music playlist at the bottom of the page. Glass, like Bach before him, ...

For many listeners, classical music conjures up images of old men in powdered wigs, ballerinas in swan-like tutus, perhaps even a season or two of Bridgerton. The origins of classical music are rooted ...

In these days of uncertainty, music can provide a safe haven, an escape, or even a boost of energy. I've found all of that and more in a new recording of the music of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, the ...

Last May, as the final serene measures of the “Dona nobis pacem” sounded in St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Evanston, the music also served to sunset Bach Week, the annual festival celebrating J.S.