Bach and Buxtehude, 1705
In 1705, J.S. Bach trekked to the northern German city of Lübeck to meet Dietrich Buxtehude. This encounter, the only one between these two men,…
Browsing: Bach
Bach violin concertos (Deutsche Grammophon)
Averse as I am to teenage prodigies, I heard Daniel Lozakovich in a Berlin nightclub this week and had no doubt from the first touch…
J S Bach: Goldberg Variations/Sonatas and Partitas (Delphian/Navona)
In times of stress I reach for Bach in the raw, one instrument, one pair of hands. I’m choosy who I listen to when the…
Collegium 1704: A Small Ensemble to Sing Great Choral Works
When the Prague-based orchestra and vocal ensemble Collegium 1704 opens the Bach Festival of Montreal with Bach’s Mass in B Minor on November 17, its…
Lebrecht Weekly – Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile and Edgar Meyer: Bach trios (Nonesuch)
Hard to know whether to give this confection one star or five. The dominant voice is the mandolin of Chris Thile, an instrument probably unknown…
A Glenn Gould debut at the Ladies’ Morning Musical Club
The Ladies’ Morning Musical Club advertises a venerable history with its very name. On Feb. 5 in Pollack Hall the organization paid tribute to its…
Le Beau Danube is 150-year-olds. Back on one of the Greatest Successes from Strauss.
MONTREAL As part of the 8th edition of the biennial Montréal/Nouvelles musiques Festival (MNM), Walter Boudreau will lead La symphonie du millénaire II. In 2000,…
With This St. John Passion, MasterVoices Announces There’s a New Evangelist in Town
PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND TEXT ANALYSIS: MasterVoices’ new English-language version of J.S. Bach’s St. John Passion, translated by Michael Slattery (at Carnegie Hall, February 9, 2017,…
Angèle Dubeau Will Tour for One Last Time
CANADA Angèle Dubeau will retire from touring this fall. [Le Devoir] [La Presse| On February 18, the Calvinist Geneviève Soly will play a concert of Bach’s…
Maestro Ted Sperling’s Polite Passions – from Broadway to Bach
PROFILE: Interview with Ted Sperling, artistic director of MasterVoices (formerly the Collegiate Chorale); PREVIEW: MasterVoices’ new presentation of J.S. Bach’s St. John Passion – Carnegie…
