Complete Bach Cello Suites with Miklós Perényi II A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

There are few more moving experiences than to spend 90 minutes surrounded by the sounds of the cello of Miklós Perényi in the acoustic marvel of the Liszt Academy’s Grand Hall. We can enjoy two such occasions in late November, since after a break of 20 years Perényi is once again performing the six cello suites of Johann Sebastian Bach in two concerts. The composer intended this series as the continuation of the six works for solo violin, and in some movements the composer builds up an entire spiritual universe mainly from a single part through the string instrument with the most human of sounds. There is no human emotion that is not apparent in these works, from the measureless pain of the passions to the joyous concertos. And there are few cellists who could better encapsulate in all their brilliance these works than Miklós Perényi. The listener senses Perényi is behind every single note with heart and soul; he plays each piece ‘as it should be played’. He holds the audience in a state of constant tension, not letting them go for a single moment. Without regard to audience, success or posterity, it is as though he has a single objective in view: to penetrate the deepest, most hidden recesses of music. Pablo Casals, discoverer of the cello suites for the modern age, once wrote the following, and Perényi is bound to agree: ‘Bach is forever, and nobody, nobody will ever reach the greatness and the profoundness and the diversity of Bach. He is the God of music, the image of what I dream in music and what I say in music. Bach is my best friend.’