The piece can be found on the pianist's new recording of the Shostakovich 48 ...

The king (possibly with help from the younger composer) had prepared a severe, chromatic theme on which he invited the old man to improvise a three-part fugue on the spot. Bach obliged, but the king ...

his video was taken from her performance at the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition 2024 ...

The Fugue, too, has elements that are uncharacteristic of Bach. In fact, there are strong reasons to suggest that Bach’s celebrated Toccata and Fugue was not originally in D minor, nor written for the ...

It’s one thing to revere Bach — it’s quite another to play Bach’s complete organ works. Few organists attempt the challenge, which requires performing somewhere around 18 hours of ...

It's not only Bach's most famous fugue, but also the most famous fugue by any composer, ever. Can you hear a theme or pattern (called an exposition in music) that travels around the organ 3’40 ...

Though Bach himself would not have thought of Toccata and Fugue in D minor as spooky, its origins as an innocuous concert piece won’t prevent it from sending a shiver down people’s spines ...

Read more: ‘Happy Birthday’ – but it’s in the style of a Johann Sebastian Bach fugue. J.S. Bach and his family gather round the keyboard in an 1870 portrait. Picture: Alamy To be able to ...

Listen to any of the Bach fugues on the “Prism” releases, and you find that few, if any, of the thematic entries are underlined or even pointed out.

It's not only Bach's most famous fugue, but also the most famous fugue by any composer, ever. Can you hear a theme or pattern (called an exposition in music) that travels around the organ 3’40 ...