À Toulouse, le Bach Collegium Japan se convertit à Mozart

Masato Suzuki

By Thibault d'Hauthuille, 26 January 2025

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“un orchestre à l’os, rude, sans complaisance, serviteur d’un chœur rigoureux et brillant”

Reviewed at Halle aux grains, Toulouse on 24 January 2025

Mozart, Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K550

Mozart, Requiem in D minor, K626

Mozart, Motet in D major, "Ave verum Corpus", K618

Bach Collegium Japan

Masato Suzuki, Conductor

Carolyn Sampson, Soprano

Marianne Beate Kielland, Mezzo-soprano

Shimon Yoshida, Tenor

Dominik Wörner, Bass-baritone

Promenading on Golgotha: BCJ perform the St John Passion

Roy Westbrook, 19th August

In its 300th anniversary year, Bach's St John Passion returns to the BBC Proms, with Masaaki Suzuki leading the Bach Collegium Japan.

***11

A peerless St John Passion in Tokyo

Nahoko Gotoh, 4th February

In celebration of the 300th anniversary of Bach's St John Passion, Masaaki Suzuki and Bach Collegium Japan gives a compelling performance of the lesser-known 1725 version of work.

*****

Joyous Bach from Masaaki Suzuki and Bach Collegium Japan in Tokyo

Nahoko Gotoh, 7th August

For a year and a half since their European tour was cut short due to the outbreak of the pandemic, Masaaki Suzuki and Bach Collegium Japan have been grounded in Japan, performing domestically despite restrictions.

*****

Spiritually uplifting Bach from the Bach Collegium Japan

Andrew Larkin, 9th March

Three beautiful cantatas from Bach and his Mass in F major made for a rewarding concert with the Bach Collegium Japan. Suzuki directs a thoughtful and heartfelt rendition and is joined by a quartet of excellent soloists.

****1

Spiritual uplift with Suzuki's Mass in B minor by Bach

Andrew Larkin, 12th April

Masaaki Suzuki and the Bach Collegium Japan deliver a generally satisfying Mass in B minor.

***11

Masaaki Suzuki and Bach Collegium Japan entrance

David Karlin, 9th April

Masaaki Suzuki leads Bach Collegium Japan in delicate renderings of the Orchestral Suite no.3, the Double Concerto and the Magnificat that convince more in the slower passages.

***11

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Thibault d'Hauthuille

Partageant sa vie entre Toulouse où il exerce un métier d'accompagnement des institutions musicales (contribuant à structurer l’expérience du public, de la découverte à la fidélisation) et sa maison nichée dans les boucles du Lot où il héberge son Érard de 1898, Thibault écoute passionnément de la musique depuis plus de 40 ans. Amateur de beau son en haute fidélité, il cherche dans une quête sans fin à reproduire dans son salon la vérité sensible qu'il entend en concert.