Classical guitarist John Marcel Williams performs Bach’s Prelude in D major from BWV 998, Prelude in A major from BWV 1009 and Prelude in E major from BWV 1006a. Classical guitarist John Marcel ...

Such was Sergei Rachmaninoff's admiration for Bach's Violin Partita in E Major, BWV 1006, that he arranged three of its seven movements — Prelude, Gavotte and Gigue — for solo piano. Bachmaninoff, if ...

One of the most famous movements from J.S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, this prelude has become a standard piece not only for students but for concert pianists as well. But what's the story behind it ...

"JS Bach wrote some of the most undeniably beautiful music there is," says Paul Gilbert. "His compositions tend to be more interesting melodically than rhythmically, but I favour melody as a listener, ...

J.S. Bach’s Prelude in C major from the first Well Tempered Clavier volume is a gem of mathematical beauty. And now you can see exactly how beautiful it really is. So we all know that Bach’s music is ...

In the early 1700s, Johann Sebastian Bach did something few, if any, composers had ever done. He composed six suites for the cello — a four stringed instrument that, at the time, was relegated to the ...

A performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's 'Prelude in C major' by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. This clip is from the series Performances from the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. _You may want to ask ...

A composition workshop about creating a classical piece inspired by Bach's 'Prelude in C Major'. This workshop helps students understand how to develop instruments and how to understand tone colour.