Richard Goode is an exceptional artist. Born in the USA he has built an extraordinary career, choosing to focus on a small group of composers from the classical and early Romantic periods. He has acquired a reputation as a musician of exceptional power, depth and sincerity, who was described in theNew York Timesas an artist with nothing to hide. For this short recital he has chosen a rare return to Johann Sebastian Bach, opening with a selection of Sinfonias (also known as Three-Part Inventions), short but polyphonic pieces. Their apparent simplicity (to the ear…) in reality conceals formidable technical challenges for the singers. The second piece, Piano Partita No. , in C minor, is a relatively late work, consisting of six very contrasting dance movements. Bach’s first biographer, Forkel, wrote that the world had never heard piano music of such quality.

In partnership with Les Grands Interprètes.In collaboration with the Festival d’Ambronay / Centre culturel de rencontre d’Ambronay.