Exclusive video: To celebrate the release of their outstanding accounts of Bach's Complete Sacred Cantatas in a new 55-disc SACD box-set on BIS and their upcoming residency at the Barbican Centre in London this weekend (April 8-9), Bach Collegium Japan and their founder and director Masaaki Suzuki here exclusively present the 'Dona nobis pacem' from Bach's B minor Mass: | Gramophone

Behind the scenes of our journey with J. S. Bach’s cantatas🪈🎻🎹🎼. #blickhinterdiekulissen #behindthescenes #jsbach #classicalmusic #klassischemusik #jsbach #orchestra #orchestralife #choir #conductor #choirlife #choirmusic #cantatas #johannsebastianbach #orchester #chor #probe #altemusik #ensemble # | J. S. Bach-Stiftung

I’ve always been captivated by so many of the great creatives in history. Johann Sebastian Bach ( 1685 - 1750), how I LOVE that one of his many famous quotes was “The aim and final end of all music,” he affirmed, “should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul.” Bach lived his life in this pursuit. At the end of many of Bach's compositions, you will find the initials S.D.G ( Soli Deo Gloria), which means ‘to God alone, the glory’. What an amazing legacy of faith and m

✨ New Brandenburg Concertos is Concerto Copenhagen’s bold new take on Bach’s organ trio sonatas – reimagined as brilliant concertos in the spirit of the original Brandenburgs. 📀 Released as an album in October 2025 🎶 Now on tour in churches and concert halls across Denmark, Sweden: 📍Live concerts: 31 Jan – Sønderborg 1 Feb – Haderslev 2 Feb – Kolding 3 Feb – Aarhus 5 Feb – Lund 7 Feb – Copenhagen 23 Mar – Sorgenfri 24 Mar – Roskilde 26 Mar – Bachfest Stuttgart 10 Apr – Thüringer Bachwochen 🎟