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Supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Bach Festival of Philadelphia is recognized nationwide for its artistic excellence. For the past 31 years, the world’s foremost Baroque music artists and scholars have enriched the city... (read more)

Exciting March, 2008 Program Details

The 2008 Calendar of events includes a variety of exciting performances by some of the world's top Baroque soloists and ensembles including Rebecca Maurer, Andrew Rangell, Solomiya Ivakhiv, Angelina Gadeliya, The Jacques Thibaud String Trio, Vox Ama Deus, The Choral Arts Society and more... (read more)

Bach Festival Celebrates Successful 2006/07 Season

The 31^st season proved to be very successful - artistically, financially, and organizationally. The stakeholder value of the Bach Festival has skyrocketed again through your trust in sharing our mission... (read more)

Complete Organ Recordings on Podcast

Listen to Bach’s complete organ works for free in a recording by Dr. Dennis Schmidt, former Artistic and Executive Director of the Bach Festival, made for Bach’s tricentennial in 1985 at St. John’s Cathedral in Albuquerque... (read more)

Michael Korn’s Induction on Philadelphia’s Walk of Fame

The Bach Festival has suggested the induction of Michael Korn on the Avenue of the Arts’ Walk of Fame to the Philadelphia Music Alliance. If you would like to join the list of supporters from across the country, please read on.

Musical and Numerical Symbolism in Bach’s Music

“Musical and Numerical Symbolism in the Large Choral Works: Bach's Secret Code” by Michael Korn. A treatise on the numbers and numerological significance behind the large choral works and the musical symbolism as well... (read more)

Discovery of Unknown Manuscripts

Researchers in Germany say they have unearthed two previously unknown manuscripts written by Johann Sebastian Bach when he was a teenage organist... (read more)

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