Berlin 25-07-2010
Glenn Gould the famous Canadian Bach interpreter famously stated in the 1960’s that the ‘concert-hall’ was dead. His position was well known and much discussed at the time and with hindsight has proved resoundedly to be incorrect.
Gould’s position had more to do with his own personal aversion to the gruelling and often inhuman pressure that professional classical soloists like himself had [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin 23-07-2010
Daniel Barenboim does it – sort of.
Well Daniel Baranboim did the Beethoven Piano Sonata marathon in London – it was not Bach nor cello, nor in one sitting – but you get the idea.
Pieter Wispelwey does them still and now in Berlin we have a chance to encounter and live our own Bach Cello Suite Marathon – and what a great [...] Continue Reading…
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