How can one mourn a parent whose harsh judgments frame childhood? This question haunts Philip Kennicott's Counterpoint: A Memoir of Bach and Mourning. Kennicott is the Washington Post's senior art and ...
“Study Bach,” Johannes Brahms wrote. “There you will find everything.” This advice has endured for good reason. When listening to Johann Sebastian Bach’s astonishing creativity, which appears to be ...
Philip Kennicott is the chief art critic for The Washington Post. This article was adapted from his new book, “Counterpoint: A Memoir of Bach and Mourning” (Norton, February 2020). For children, the ...