Maundy Thursday is the day on the liturgical calendar when the church celebrates the institution of the Eucharist and the final lead-up to Easter. J. S. Bach began his St. John Passion just afterward, ...

Leipzig-based Bach researcher Peter Wollny identifies two organ compositions as the work of the 18-year-old Johann Sebastian Bach · First performance in 320 years to be livestreamed from St Thomas’ ...

Join Bach Collegium San Diego for J.S. Bach’s vivid musical account of Christ's passion, which combines a striking drama and devotion forming a pinnacle of the vocal works composed for the Leipzig ...

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The nave of St. Thomas Church, Leipzig, where Bach worked for 27 years, and where he compsoed some of the world's most enduring works of sacred music. Trades run in some families like water from leaky ...