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  2. Bach in the Subways - Wikipedia

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    Wednesday, March 21, 2012 is Johann Sebastian Bach’s 327th birthday. To celebrate his life and music, and to sow the seeds for future generations of classical music lovers, musicians will be performing Bach in the Subways in stations throughout New York City throughout the day.

  3. The Goldberg Variations (ballet) - Wikipedia

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    A plotless ballet, it starts with two performers dancing to the Theme, followed by the variations divided into two parts, with variations repeated as Bach had intended in the score. Robbins made the ballet for the New York City Ballet, and premiered on May 27, 1971, at the New York State Theater.

  4. Johann Sebastian Bach - Wikipedia

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    Johann Sebastian Bach [n 1] (31 March [O.S. 21 March] 1685 – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period.He is known for his prolific output across a variety of instruments and forms, including the orchestral Brandenburg Concertos; solo instrumental works such as the cello suites and sonatas and partitas for solo violin; keyboard works such as the Goldberg ...

  5. A Suite of Dances - Wikipedia

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    A Suite of Dances is a ballet choreographed by Jerome Robbins to Johann Sebastian Bach's Cello Suites. The ballet was created for Mikhail Baryshnikov and premiered on March 3, 1994, at the New York State Theater. [1]

  6. Brandenburg (ballet) - Wikipedia

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    Brandenburg is a neoclassical ballet choreographed by Jerome Robbins to compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach.Danced by a cast of twenty, the plotless ballet is set to Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, as well as individual movements from Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1, 2 and 6.

  7. St John Passion - Wikipedia

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    The Passio secundum Joannem or St John Passion [a] (German: Johannes-Passion), BWV 245, is a Passion or oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach, the earliest of the surviving Passions by Bach. [1] It was written during his first year as director of church music in Leipzig and was first performed on 7 April 1724, at Good Friday Vespers at the St ...

  8. Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht, BWV 211 - Wikipedia

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    Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht (Be still, stop chattering), BWV 211, [a] also known as the Coffee Cantata, is a secular cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it probably between 1732 and 1735. Although classified as a cantata, it is essentially a miniature comic opera.

  9. Concerto for two harpsichords in C minor, BWV 1060 - Wikipedia

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    Forkel, Johann Nikolaus (1920). Johann Sebastian Bach: His Life, Art, and Work. Translated from the German, with notes and appendices, by Charles Sanford Terry. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe. Jones, Richard D. P. (2013). "Concertos for two harpsichords". The Creative Development of Johann Sebastian Bach: Music to Delight the Spirit. Vol.