It was in Leipzig that Johann Sebastian, while serving as Cantor of St. Thomas Church, composed his famous St. John Passion in 1723. Bach often rewrote his cantatas himself, using the so-called ...

There are many reasons for visitors to spend time here, too. Music lovers can make a pilgrimage to St. Thomas Church — where Bach was a choirmaster — and to the excellent museum dedicated to him.

Indeed, it seemed odd to schedule Bach’s St. John Passion, about the betrayal and death of Jesus, well after Easter. But there it was Saturday night, at Zion Lutheran Church, in a performance ...

Johann Sebastian Bach was Cantor of St. Thomas' Church in Leipzig from 1723 until the end of his life in 1750. His daily commute to work also took him past Auerbachs Keller.

The annual Lenten Concert Series is part of Memorial Presbyterian Church’s outreach to the community. There are concerts every Friday during Lent at 12:15 p.m. in the church sanctuary.

In nearly two centuries since, Leipzig has stayed true to Bach with a dedicated museum/archive and an international music competition.March 21st, Bach’s birthday, saw the finale of this year’s ...

In 1949, Bach’s purported skeleton was exhumed and later reburied in St. Thomas Church in downtown Leipzig (where the composer once worked as Kapellmeister, or music director).

Samantha enjoys Bach in Leipzig, tours a porcelain factory in Meissen and explores Berlin's history. Inside St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, Samantha enjoys a concert on the pipe organ, celebrating ...

Dressed as Bach, complete with powdered wig, Chen walks down the aisle of what appears to be the composer’s church, St Thomas Leipzig in Germany. After taking a miniature time machine into his hands, ...

At St. Thomas Church just a few steps from downtown, guides will tell you how Johann Sebastian Bach led the choir for 27 years. The city’s orchestra was helmed by Felix Mendelssohn himself in ...