Bach is definitely my daily bread so to speak.. and also my favorite composer of all time. The amount of music in a single piece of his work is phenomenal. Unreal really.
In these current times of health, economic and political chaos, where the hope of improvement is very weak, listening to Bach allows us to remember that men are also capable of creating sublime beauty in appearance simple and pure. Bach's music is a balm for the soul. Magique Hélène knows better than anyone how to explain it and play it with this delicacy that is hers.
I really enjoyed this interview, having just listened to her performance of the Chaconne,which was a wonderful performance, her insightful views, and depth of knowledge are inspiring. I cannot understand some of the derogatory comments on this page!
Hmm, Thanks H.G, very insightful, as music of this ,calibre, will 4ever move all composers, players, etc, since (sacred) music is all about reaching the deep.st of our souls.. One can hear the Glory of God, so to speech..
Thanks for the comment! I would have added the information in the description but, unfortunately, I don't know these details either. I got the video from a Facebook group many years ago and the information wasn't given there.
"Bach's music is the only argument proving the creation of the Universe cannot be regarded a complete failure, and without Bach God would be a complete second rate failure".
Of course he can. If I am an artist and I am studying the work of Van Gogh, he is my teacher. If I am a writer and I study the work of Virginia Woolf and how she works her craft informs my own, she is my teacher.
"Back is the most unversal of all composers" ..... she should have qualified it as "Western composers". I am sure she does knows abcolutely nothing about non-Western music.
Bach is definitely my daily bread so to speak.. and also my favorite composer of all time. The amount of music in a single piece of his work is phenomenal. Unreal really.
In these current times of health, economic and political chaos, where the hope of improvement is very weak, listening to Bach allows us to remember that men are also capable of creating sublime beauty in appearance simple and pure. Bach's music is a balm for the soul. Magique Hélène knows better than anyone how to explain it and play it with this delicacy that is hers.
She is so perfectly & exactly spot on target.
I like the description of Bach being honest... very interesting thoughts.
Wow, Helene has it all. Natural beauty, intelligence and humility.
She's incredible! Impeccable English accent, and she even pronounces Bach, not Back!
Wonderfull! Thanks for posting!
So genuine. Such originality and insight.
French= good taste and sense of æsthetical beauty. and thats what is amazing about her. Thank you Helene for the amazing insight
I really enjoyed this interview, having just listened to her performance of the Chaconne,which was a wonderful performance, her insightful views, and depth of knowledge are inspiring. I cannot understand some of the derogatory comments on this page!
Did not expect to hear Heidegger here on Aletheia
Hmm, Thanks H.G, very insightful, as music of this ,calibre, will 4ever move all composers, players, etc, since (sacred) music is all about reaching the deep.st of our souls.. One can hear the Glory of God, so to speech..
Ausgezeichnet!!!
Thanks.
Please add information about when and where the interview was realized and who did organize it. REgards.
Thanks for the comment! I would have added the information in the description but, unfortunately, I don't know these details either. I got the video from a Facebook group many years ago and the information wasn't given there.
SALUDOS HELENE
Sorry, I meant "Bach", not "Back".
"Bach's music is the only argument proving the creation of the Universe cannot be regarded a complete failure, and without Bach God would be a complete second rate failure".
Nice hat she can pronounce Bach properly :-)
BUENAS TARDES
HOLA HELENE
Robert Schumann can´t be one of her first teachers!
Of course he can. If I am an artist and I am studying the work of Van Gogh, he is my teacher. If I am a writer and I study the work of Virginia Woolf and how she works her craft informs my own, she is my teacher.
"Back is the most unversal of all composers" ..... she should have qualified it as "Western composers". I am sure she does knows abcolutely nothing about non-Western music.
"Its not easy being handsome" yet at the same time it's very easy being arrogant.
She's of North African Jewish descent.
Abolish Roe v. Wade, not ICE! Non western music is crap. Compare Bach and Chopin and non western music.
The cultural economist Tyler Cowan opines that the only competition for Western musical tradition is classical Indian music. I agree with Tyler.
Universal means universal, not peculiar to one ethnicity! You need to brush up on your use of language!