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On The Bach Hour, the vast sonic landscape of Gustav Mahler's musical language transforms selections from Bach's Orchestral Suites in a performance by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and conductor Riccardo Chailly. -
Elizabeth Yu/UnsplashOn The Bach Hour, the composer's Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 takes on new dimensions as part of the Cantata 52, and horn soloist Radek Baborák brings the instrument's dynamism to a concerto originally for harpsichord.
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On The Bach Hour, destruction on a literally Biblical scale is at the foundation of music that grapples with mysteries and uncertainties that remain as relevant today as when Bach composed it. -
On The Bach Hour, Ton Koopman leads Amsterdam Baroque in a work that broke new ground for the composer, expressing a path from “anxious conscience” to an embrace of self-assurance.
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In a performance at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Germany, pianist Ramin Bahrami is the soloist in Bach's emotionally probing D minor concerto, and John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Cantata No. 45.
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On The Bach Hour, a masterpiece, ignored when it was new, reveals a revolutionary spirit in a vivid performance by harpsichordist John Butt and the Dunedin Consort in Scotland.
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On The Bach Hour, the Boston-based violist brings her penetrating insights to the composer's Cello Suites, describing their emotional power in a conversation with host Brian McCreath.
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An artist of uncommon insight interprets - and talks about - one of Bach's most imposing compositions, and Martin Pearlman leads Boston Baroque in Magnificat on The Bach Hour.
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The power of water - and its spiritual dimensions - lie at the heart of Bach's Cantata No. 7, and harpist Catrin Finch performs the Italian Concerto on The Bach Hour.
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Years of musical and life experience inform a rich interpretation of Bach's solo violin works, illuminated through both performance and conversation on The Bach Hour.
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Richard Egarr leads the Academy of Ancient Music in a vibrant account of one of Bach's most iconic works, and Craig Smith leads Emmanuel Music in the Cantata No. 2 on The Bach Hour.
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On The Bach Hour, one of Boston's cornerstone ensembles performs a piece that begins in weakness and frailty, transforming into a vigorous picture of strength.
