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The Proust Questionnaire: Yves Saint Laurent
The nineteenth century parlor game popularized by Marcel Proust, a favorite writer of Yves Saint Laurant’s, was thought to reveal a person’s true character. Saint Laurant answered the Proust...
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Bach & Friends
What do Hilary Hahn, Philip Glass, Béla Fleck and Dr. Charles J. Limb have in common? They are all lovers of Bach and appear in Michael Lawrence‘s wonderful new [2010] film of conversations and music,...
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Interview with Rick Erickson: 32nd Season Kickoff
Edward McCue (EM) Now that we’re starting a new season, how do you feel about last year’s season and its theme, “Brandenburg and More?” Rick Erickson (RE) I loved it, and I know that other people did,...
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Interview with Zachary Carrettin: “Bach, the Passionate”
Edward McCue (EM) Zachary, how are Rick Erickson and you interpreting this year’s Boulder Bach Festival theme, “Bach, the Passionate?” Zachary Carrettin (ZC) As a theme, “Bach, the Passionate” manages...
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The Powers of Bach
Last June, the German city of Leipzig awarded Japanese conductor Masaaki Suzuki the prestigious Bach Medal 2012. Suzuki, an internationally renowned Bach specialist and founder of the Bach Collegium...
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Thru-Line on the G-Train
For this year’s Make Music Winter, Jim Holt is back with another version of his subway piece Thru-Line, which New Yorker critic Alex Ross calls “deeply charming.” If you play violin, viola, accordion,...
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András Schiff Reconsiders the Well-Tempered Clavier
In a recent interview with Fred Child on Performance Today, pianist András Schiff spoke about his life-long journey with Bach and his recent recording of The Well-Tempered Clavier (BWV 846-93). When...
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John Eliot Gardiner Conducts an Art Tour
Cupid Complaining to Venus “That certain artists and composers are of the same generation doesn’t always mean that there is a significant link between them. But Goya and Beethoven share the sense of...
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“I Had No Idea It Sounded Like Bach”
Slash Last month in Dublin, in an interview with Slash, journalist Ronan McGreevy learned about one of the guitarist’s most recent solos: Apocalyptic Love, your latest album, has been well received by...
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Interview with Paul Miller: The Viola d’Amore in the St. John Passion
Edward McCue (EM) Few of us are familiar with the viola d’amore. What is it about this many-stringed instrument that Bach found attractive, and what role will it play in Boulder Bach Festival...
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Bach 360° on WQXR
New York Public Radio station WQXR presents Bach 360°, a ten-day, two-hundred-hour festival that explores how J. S. Bach resonates with today’s audiences. From 21 through 31 March 2013, the festival...
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Jeremy Denk: The Trouble with Bach
Jeremy Denk has just been awarded a fellowship by the MacArthur Foundation, and he’s now on tour to promote his latest album J. S. Bach: Goldberg Variations. In a podcast he speaks with Leo Carey and...
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Hugh Petter, Architect
Hugh Petter British architect Hugh Petter was born in 1966, graduated from Portsmouth School of Architecture and won Rome Scholarships. He joined ADAM Architecture in 1993 and today is a recognized...
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Bach Unwigged
Johann Sebastian Bach has been a central figure in the life of British conductor John Eliot Gardiner since he was a youngster. On his way to bed, he couldn’t help glancing up at the famous...
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A Community of Mindfulness
Mevlevi Order dervishes with Ensemble Sarband Vladimir Ivanoff, head of the Ensemble Sarband, sat down with Deutsche Welle to talk about “Passio” and “Compassio” – about suffering, passion and empathy,...
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A Renaissance for Rameau
Jean-Philippe Rameau It’s not very often that one receives international recognition two hundred fifty years after being placed in the ground. But with help from University of Wisconsin-Madison...
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Bach Reloaded
Burhan Öçal The music of Johann Sebastian Bach receives an innovative eastern spin in the hands of musicians Burhan Öçal, a Turkish percussionist, and Ukrainian pianist Alexey Botvinov, in their...
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Richard Powers on Music
Richard Powers Did you ever read a book review and realize that you have to get your hands on a title you’ve never heard of? That happened to me years ago, when I read a review in The Wall Street...
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The Mahan Esfahani Challenge
Mahan Esfahani Ten years ago Mahan Esfahani was by his own account a nerdy anorak at Stanford University, obsessively tutoring himself with the aid of old records in the hope of realizing what seemed...
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Facing the Music with Nico Muhly
Nico Muhly The Guardian interviews composer Nico Muhly: How do you listen to music? In general, I listen at home on my big speakers. When in transit, iPhone with headphones. On the road, via satellite...
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