Flottante Messe en si à l’Auditorium de Lyon

By Suzanne Lay-Canessa, 30 September 2017

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“[un] rendez-vous manqué”

Reviewed at Auditorium de Lyon: Grand Hall, Lyon on 29 September 2017

Bach, Mass in B minor, BWV232

Bach Consort Leipzig

Sächsisches Barockorchester

Gotthold Schwarz, Conductor

Hanna Zumsande, Soprano

Susanne Krumbiegel, Mezzo-soprano

David Erler, Countertenor

Tobias Hunger, Tenor

Philipp Goldmann, Bass

Leipzig Gewandhaus & St Thomas Choir: St Matthew Passion

Rohan Shotton, 8th March

Part of the St Thomas Choir Leipzig’s 800th anniversary celebrations, this Manchester concert was a deeply moving evening in which superb musicianship all round seemed almost to bring Bach himself, a Thomaskantor (choir director) in his day, to the Bridgewater Hall.The Passions of J.S. Bach are well described in Paul Kilbey’s recent article. The St.

****1

Chanter comme Dieu à Leipzig : le Thomanerchor dirigé par Gotthold Schwarz à la Chapelle de la Trinité

Beate Langenbruch, 1st October

Bach, Schütz, Schein, Brahms, Reger : la musique sacrée allemande en délicatesse et expressivité.

*****

Von Trauer und Trost

Sabine Näher, 17th June

Musik von Trauer und Zuversicht bietet beim romantische und barocke Klangpracht in strahlendem Glanz.

****1

Neuer Thomaskantor eröffnet Bachfest 2016

Sabine Näher, 10th June

Erste Amtshandlung für Gotthold Schwarz und ein begeisternder Abend mit den Thomanern.

****1

Israels in Egypt: a nice idea falling short in its execution in Halle

Sandra Bowdler, 10th June

Inspirations for Handel's great work Israel in Egypt followed by a performance of the full work is a great idea, but the main event suffers at the Handel Festival Halle.

***11

Outstanding Brockes-Passion at Göttingen

Sandra Bowdler, 25th May

Brockes-Passion is becoming not quite the performing rarity it once was, and this outstanding performance at the Göttingen Handel Festival this year could hardly be bettered.

*****

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Suzanne Lay-Canessa

Docteure en littérature comparée, passionnée de langues, Suzanne a consacré sa thèse de doctorat à Jean-Sébastien Bach. Elle enseigne le français, la littérature et l’histoire de l’Opéra à l’Institute for American Universities et à Sciences Po Aix. Collaboratrice régulière du journal Zibeline, elle publie dans les rubriques Musiques, Livres, Cinéma, Spectacle vivant et Arts Visuels.