Bach
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It is a brave conductor who would hold a packed Hamer Hall audience and a galaxy of musicians and singers in suspension, in raw silence for what felt like long minutes, late in the performative arc of Bach’s St John Passion. No program crackle, no relaxing of shoulder, no shudder of a bow. Breath stifled. ... (read more)
Monday evening saw a curious pairing of repertoire and performers at the Melbourne Recital Centre. Part One was a program of English consort music of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries played by the local viol ensemble Consortium, while Part Two featured Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson playing Bach’s Goldberg Variations.
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