and studies of records from Bach’s time — he led the choir from 1723 until his death in 1750 and is entombed in St. Thomas Church — suggest that during his tenure, most boys’ voices ...

Once trapped in communist East Germany, bustling Leipzig is now a city of business and of culture. It’s also a city of great ...

In this beautiful concert, star pianist Lang Lang gives a breathtaking performance of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, at St Thomas Church in Leipzig. A fitting place for a performance of Bach’s beloved ...

And, gradually, the "third choice" Johann Sebastian Bach went on to become the most famous cantor of St. Thomas' Church in Leipzig.

Every year, some 70,000 people descend on the eastern German city of Leipzig over the course ... listened under the vaulted ceiling of St. Thomas Church. Even though the position of Thomaskantor ...

Few of the world’s great boys choirs have the pedigree of St Thomas’ in Leipzig. Neither war ... For 27 years he taught the St. Thomas church choir. In the early years the weekly discipline ...