Bach wrote a fair amount of music involving the flute. Later in the hour, we'll be in concert with the Chicago Chamber Musicians, who play Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, which features the flute ...

It's fun. While making complex music like this - 300 years ago - musicians were just like us today: fun-loving. Listen out for a classy lead fiddle, jaunty recorders and 'groovy' bass.

Feinstein Ensemble directed by flautist Martin Feinstein performs JS Bach's 'Brandenburg Concerto No 5'; Vivaldi's Concerto for flute ('Il Gardellino'); Telemann's Concerto for Flute and Recorder in E ...

Thomas Dausgaard conducts the Swedish Chamber Orchestra and an all-star suite of soloists including composer Brett Dean on viola. This is the second of two concerts pairing Bach's Brandenburg ...

J. S. Bach composed this famous collection of six concertos (BWV 1046-51) between 1708-1721, although they weren't known as the 'Brandenburg' Concertos until 150 years later. For a gateway into the ...

J.S. Bach came from a family of successful musicians and was one of the most prominent composers of the Baroque period, writing six concertos for the noblemen of Brandenburg. Bach took on the work in ...

Virtuosic, dynamic and overflowing with richly imaginative music, Bach’s six Brandenburg Concertos still sound as fresh and exciting today as they must have when audiences first heard these works ...

Live at the BBC Proms, the Swedish Chamber Orchestra continue their performance of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos and accompanying works, conducted by Thomas Dausgaard. In the second concert of the day, ...

Jane Jones tells how Bach found a new harpsichord, a new wife and looked for a new job. At the beginning of the 18th century, all the decent music jobs were linked with either church or state, and ...

Celebrate the festive season in the radiant glow of candlelight with a dazzling evening dedicated to the genius of J.S. Bach, performed in the breathtakingly beautiful St Mary le Strand — one of ...