Bach’s collection, Inventions and Sinfonias, consists of 30 short keyboard compositions he wrote to develop the keyboard technique of his son, Wilhelm Friedemann, while in Köthen and later Leipzig.

The Music: Bach wrote orchestral movements, or sinfonias, for only 21 of his 200-plus extant church cantatas. Accademia Bizantina perform 19 of them here. Pressure forced Bach to recycle. Look out for ...

But Bach, the ultimate teacher, doesn’t stop there. After he wrote the two-part inventions he wrote the three-part sinfonias. “The sinfonias have three separate voices happening at the same time.

As sinfonias for two more cantatas, they sounded startlingly different in the collaboration between the players and the conductor at the chamber organ, a virtuosic tour de force which twice stole the ...

Bach: Cantatas BWV 82 and 199 Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano, Orchestra of Emmanuel Music, Craig Smith, conductor (Nonesuch) This recording is an outgrowth of Peter Sellars’ staging o… ...

In 1993, when Robert von Bahr received a letter at his Stockholm office proposing that his company, BIS Records, undertake a complete cycle of all 200 Bach cantatas with someone named Masaaki ...

Our listening series continues with the Bach cantata "Ich habe genug," which counters death with a blessed sense of assurance. Surely that's a useful example now.

An opera company that stages performances in nontraditional settings is bringing Bach’s “Coffee Cantata” to a SoHo cafe. Caffeinated beverages will be served.

This holiday season, Early Music Vancouver (EMV) is thrilled to present a joyful experience for the whole family – Festive Cantatas: J.S. Bach Magnificat & Cantata BWV 110 ('Let Our Mouth Be ...

The Chattanooga Bach Choir 2018-19 Barnett & Company Cantata Series concludes Sunday at 5 p.m., with music celebrating the Feast of the Annunciation (March 25). The concert will be held at Christ ...