Nothing if not unpredictable, Nikolaus Harnoncourt follows his controversial reading of Porgy and Bess with three Bach cantatas, as his 80th birthday celebrations bring us full circle to a definable ...

Choosing the "best" of Johann Sebastian Bach's nearly 200 sacred cantatas is a daunting task, as each one seems perfect. But three leading Bach experts took up the challenge. Peter Wollny, director of ...

Bach's greatest cantata hits Bach never wrote an opera, but his sacred cantatas are pure music drama that give a fascinating insight into what moved the masses in his day. Their enduring popularity ...

All Performances of Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 140, 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme', BWV 140 at BBC Proms ...

Austrian conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt is one of the handful of big names behind what we now think of as the sound of Baroque music. Coinciding with his 80th birthday is this fascinating two-disc ...