Christoph Poppen, violin; Hilliard Ensemble (ECM New Series). Welcome inside the head of J.S. Bach. The composer often embedded familiar Lutheran chorales in his music so as to create devout ...

Bach's arrangements of hymn tunes found their way into cantatas, organ preludes, motets and other pieces. Find out more about them here. A chorale is usually a simple and catchy melody to which a hymn ...

While J.S. Bach’s choral works have been central to the repertory of Music of the Baroque throughout the group’s 36-year history, the daunting demands of mounting the composer’s “St. Matthew Passion” ...

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the publication of The Hymnal 1982 ...

Concertos and Chorales Contextualized: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14, St. John’s Episcopal Church, 1350 Washington St., Denver; 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, Boulder Seventh ...

The Grand Forks Chorales will present a special reunion concert, celebrating its 35th anniversary, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at United Lutheran Church in Grand Forks. The concert will feature some of the ...

The Lutheran chorale is fundamental in Bach's output as a composer. The word chorale itself indicates the music's links with plainchant, but in Lutheran worship it became a congregational song, its ...