Berkeley-born playwright Itamar Moses wrote his play “Bach at Leipzig” much like Johann Sebastian Bach himself wrote his music. If he were the kind of writer with a need to impress his audience with ...

The most famous portrait of the iconic German composer Johann Sebastian Bach went on public display for the first time in decades when it was unveiled to enthusiastic applause at the Nikolai Kirche in ...

Imagine, Leipzig, 1722. Germany's most renowned music director is dead at the keyboard. As the country's greatest organists descend to vie for the job, melodies of rivalry, trickery and blackmail ...

The nominal premise of "Bach at Leipzig" is that of a competition among Germany's greatest organists, circa 1722, for the coveted post of that city's chief musical director. But if that suggests a ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Itamar Moses, the American playwright, author and of BACH AT LEIZIG, now ...

We think of Johann Sebastian Bach’s music as lofty, sublime; ‘an argument for the existence of God,’ as one Bach scholar put it. To his contemporaries, however, Bach was competent but not great. After ...

The super-talky “Bach at Leipzig” is a battle among inferiors fighting for the same high position. In Leipzig, Germany, the greatest organist in the world has died, and musicians are hurrying to ...

Portland’s own Bach Cantata Choir will sing in Leipzig, Germany, as part of the 2024 Leipzig Bach Festival, the preeminent festival centered on the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. The festival ...

To be honest, the birthday boy looks a little bored at the party unfolding around him: a rolled up musical score in one hand and balloons in the other, bobbing on a string in the spring breeze. Around ...

At Christmastime, the world of classical music looks backward beyond the standard repertoire of the 19th century to the Baroque and the Renaissance. No one, it seems, programs Christmas concerts ...

"Bach at Leipzig" seems far more intoxicated with its own cleverness than most audiences are likely to be. Itamar Moses is a young playwright whose work has attracted support from his chief influence, ...