With his appointment as Thomas cantor in Leipzig Johann Sebastian Bach achieved the post of his lifetime in which his artistic, religious and pedagogical preferences came together. He immediately created a completely new repertoire for the main churches of St Thomas and St Nicholas with masterful cantatas each week and his great passions. Later when he got into dispute with the town council, his enthusiasm for the post waned and he opted to spend more time on piano and organ works, extending his broad reputation as a keyboard virtuoso. Additionally, he taught a huge number of students, enjoyed the authority of “town director of music” and took pleasure in regular appearances in the coffee house with his collegium musicum. “The Art of Fugue” and the magnificent B Minor Mass appeared at the end of an incredibly rich and eventful life.
Whether it is live from St Thomas church or as a recording to re-watch: Our concerts offer Bach in all his variety, with the best performers in historic locations – and always worth to be discovered.
Bach's St. John Passion as a show trial
A "Hausmusik" party on the occasion of JSB's birthday
Bach is techno - A live-mix of violin, beats and Bachs music
Collegium Vocale 1704, Collegium 1704, Václav Luks
Gaechinger Cantorey, Hans-Christoph Rademann
Eric Ericsons Kammarkör, Lautten Compagney Berlin, Wolfgang Katschner
Collegium Vocale 1704, Collegium 1704, Václav Luks
RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Justin Doyle
Thomanerchor Leipzig, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Thomaskantor Gotthold Schwarz
Thomanerchor Leipzig, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Thomaskantor Gotthold Schwarz
Cantatas and Concertos with La Voce Strumentale from Moscow
Philippe Herreweghe conducts Bach - for a film without words
An intimate chamber music performance in Missouri (USA)
with violinist Leila Schayegh and Le Concert Lorrain
The new streaming platform bachfromhome.live
The final concert of the Weimar Bach Cantata Academy 2017
St John Passion, BWV 245 (1725 version) with Solomon’s Knot
Brillant harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani plays and explains …
Bach's first birthday in times of a pandemic