MUSIC
VivaVoce, Montreal 2010 Bach Festival
by Lev Bratishenko
08.12.2010
Christ Church Cathedral glows with competence as the choir enters. The pews gleam with it, and I happily come out of the rain to receive a healthful serving of Our Cultural Solids. The concert is part of the 2010 Montreal Bach Festival, a healthy-sounding machine for the production of lovely evenings, which each year fills [...]
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FESTIVAL CITY
Montreal Bach Festival
by Lev Bratishenko
28.11.2009
Bach is big. Musically, yeah? He’s gigantic that way. We don’t know exactly how big Bach the dude was, but the Montreal Bach Festival is definitely much smaller. Of course, it’s still something to be reckoned with (it is important to be clear when dealing with Germanic temperaments.)
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