*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. St. Louis Symphony Orchestra music director Stéphane Denève Around 1527, Martin Luther wrote the words and melody of the famous ...
Bach’s Little Organ Book (Orgelbüchlein) consists of short pieces based on Lutheran hymns, which were designed to teach organ students various aspects of theory and technique. And what better group to ...
Bach was not the first to try his hand at telling the story of Christ’s suffering and death in musical form; such settings of the Gospel accounts were common from the Middle Ages onward. Yet Bach’s ...