Debargue played Bach, Beethoven and Chopin to set up a fiery performance of Russian composer Nicolas Medtner's youthful piano sonata.
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Exclusive Interview: Pianist Lucas Debargue on His Upcoming Carnegie Hall Concert
The French-born virtuoso will play music of Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, and two lesser-known composers at Carnegie Hall on February 2.
Read More »Concert Review: Vox Luminis – ‘The Early Cantatas’ (Bach, Buxtehude)
The Belgian early music ensemble beautifully sheds light on Bach's early cantatas and on one major source of his inspiration.
Read More »Concert Review: Jeremy Denk, Orchestra of St. Luke’s Open OSL Bach Festival with Bach Keyboard Concertos
A concert that gave me a renewed appreciation for Bach's ability to rework music brilliantly for very different contexts
Read More »Music Reviews: Cellist Amit Peled, Composer Stanley Grill
An arrangement for four cellos of Bach's Cello Suite No. 6 sounds surprisingly authentic; plus evocative music for (mostly) strings by Stanley Grill
Read More »Concert Review (NYC): Alexis Pia Gerlach and Simone Dinnerstein – Bach Gamba Sonatas (17 Nov. 2022)
Pianist Simone Dinnerstein played transcriptions of Bach's choral music and cellist Alexis Pia Gerlach joined her for the three gamba sonatas by Bach.
Read More »Concert Review: TENET Vocal Artists – Motets of J.S. Bach (NYC, Sept. 18 2022)
TENET Vocal Artists demonstrated that Bach's motets are as uniquely, miraculously Bach as anything else he wrote for the human voice.
Read More »Music Review: Amit Peled Plays Bach Cello Suites on ‘Solus et Una’
The cellist emerges from pandemic lockdown with a beautiful album of Bach and Brahms.
Read More »Concert Review (NYC): American Classical Orchestra and ACO Chorus – ‘RENEW,’ Music by Johann Sebastian Bach (5 April 2022)
Who better than the American Classical Orchestra and Chorus to bring us J.S. Bach on period instruments?
Read More »Concert Review: Pianist Nicolas Namoradze (NYC, 10 Feb 2019)
The newest Honens International Piano Competition winner demonstrated in his Carnegie Hall debut his deep interest in musical resonances over the centuries.
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