Tag Archives: Bach

Because it’s that other time of the year…

Posted on April 26, 2011 by

And because it was so successful, so they did it again: Simon and the Berliners, plus the Rundfunkchor and the scenic genius of Peter Sellars:

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April 11: Digital concert hall

Posted on April 10, 2010 by

Yes, and it will be big: There is a real rarity value to the Berliner Philharmoniker performing Bach’s St. Matthew Passion at the Philharmonie. Even Herbert von Karajan, who was very fond of the work, never conducted the Passion in … Continue reading →

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Not living on the past

Posted on April 9, 2010 by

The Salzburg Easter Festival is hear, the Bach’s Passion staged by Peter Sellars is also near, but our man does not put on any airs, as this interview in El Cultural shows us: “They ask you how things are going, … Continue reading →

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Rattling Bach in Birmingham.

Posted on March 9, 2010 by

Everybody shined!!!! everybody was there, ready and willing!!!! It was also, overwhelmingly, a communal act of music making. Yes, there were superb individuals. Mark Padmore, perhaps with Langridge in mind, sang the Evangelist with mesmerising expression, clarity and directness — … Continue reading →

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Not just one way to Bach

Posted on March 4, 2010 by

That is what our man has to says about the music he is about to play with his good old friends at Birmingham.  He explains that it took him a good while to get close to the great Johan Sebastian, … Continue reading →

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¿Home for the Holidays?

Posted on March 2, 2010 by

Yes, Simon is home for a few days to get everyone ready for a Bach gig. But though he is happy to be playing with his old friends at Birmingham, he is not so happy about the turn that his … Continue reading →

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Holy Week at Birmingham: Simon is back with Bach

Posted on February 21, 2010 by

Yeeeeeeeaaaaaahhh!!!!!!!  Simon goes back to his musical home -Magdalena included, of course- to play Bach’s St. Matthew’s Passion with his old gang: In the whole of music there’s nothing else quite like it: Bach’s dramatic re-telling of the events of … Continue reading →

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January the 30th: the next digital -live- concert

Posted on January 28, 2010 by

The digital concert hall keeps delivering the goods… Next saturday the Beliners will have an unusual guest: Ton Koopman, baroque wiseman.  And no, it will not be a strech, since super maestro Koopman is one of the experts on early … Continue reading →

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The Salzburg Easter Festival: Bach like never before

Posted on January 11, 2010 by

Oh yes, Sir Simon and the berliners have mischievous plans for next Easter: they involve Bach, his St. Matthew’s Passion and Peter Sellars… well, it has been done to Haendel’s Messiah, so they could be thinking ¿why not Bach? As … Continue reading →

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Rattling Schumann’s Peri

Posted on July 21, 2009 by

Schumann is a legendary name in classical music, but it’s also a misunderstood name. Schumann, both husband and wife, are often quoted or make part of other musical accounts, but their accomplishments are not very reviewed. Only the specialists know … Continue reading →

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