The myths of classical music are layered with historical facts and romantic imagination. Pablo Casals, 1876–1973, a Spanish cello virtuoso, was no exception. It is often described how the 13-year-old ...

A new music video dubbed “I Want You Back/Bach” shows The Piano Guys performing a mashup of Jackson 5’s “I Want You Back” and several pieces composed by Johann Sebastian Bach, including: Brandenburg ...

The heart and soul of suites by Bach and Handel are often found in the slow, central sarabande, said to be a dance of Spanish origin. In Bach’s cello suites, the sarabande stops time. Watch Yo-Yo Ma ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. One day in the late 1890s a jobbing cellist dropped into a thrift shop in Barcelona and came out with the printed ...

Local music lovers are now enjoying a period of unprecedented great cello concerts. A few weeks ago famed cellist Alisa Weilerstein gave a stunning recital at Wharton Center, playing three Bach ...

Every minute of every day, a musician is playing Bach’s music somewhere in the world. Clemency Burton-Hill charts the rituals of playing Bach around the globe, across a day. Show more It seems that ...