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This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about European military powers. You’ll hear about recent concerts featuring the music of JS Bach, as well as “The Listener’s Corner” with Paul Myers and Erwan Rome’s “Music from Erwan". All that and the new quiz and…

Being an organist might seem like a solitary job, but German maestro Leo Krämer never feels too far from his listeners

One of the most controversial figures in music of the 20th century is Rosemary Brown, who died in 2001 at age 85. She was a British composer who claimed she had contact with the spirits of a number of high-profile composers of western classical music.

Publication of Lucio Silla by JS Bach’s youngest son could see his talent recognised once more in the city he made his home

The Madagascar Ridge, in the southwestern Indian Ocean, is a remote, elevated area of seabed south of Madagascar. In 2016, my colleagues and I discovered a new cartilaginous fish species in its deep waters; a catshark that we named Bach’s catshark (Bythaelurus bachi) after German composer Johann Sebastian Bach. (In…

If he's right, how did he get so good?

Sakamoto lived up to the motto "Ars longa, vita brevis." Loosely translated, this means "Art takes time. Life is brief."

Gareth Malone’s Easter Passion — the musical maestro guides amateur singers through a tough seasonal challenge.

As the anniversary of John Lennon’s murder approaches, we are reminded again that the band’s magic never disappears