Etiket: Bach

Bach Festival | Sergei Babayan, piano demiurge

We do not come out unscathed from a Sergei Babayan concert. Those who have attended his complete version of the first book of Well-tempered keyboard Thursday evening at St. James…

Babayan and the light of Bach

Sergeï Babayan’s concert at the Bach Festival on Thursday was eagerly awaited, with a second piano marathon after the Partitas by Martin Helmchen, Sunday. This time, the result was much…

Blood-curdling Vivaldi at the Bach Festival

The Bach Festival welcomed on Wednesday the countertenor Valer Sabadus, soloist in a concert entrusted to the Montreal ensemble Pallade Musica. The singer made a very strong impression, his performance…

Bach Boneless by Martin Helmchen

The great German pianist Martin Helmchen was, on Saturday, one of the star guests of the Montreal Bach Festival 2021. On the program: the six Partitas for keyboard with, as…

Bach, winner of the pandemic

In times of pandemic, Johann Sebastian Bach’s work will have attracted musicians like a magnet, so the year 2021 has brought us countless recordings of several major works. Halfway through…