Claire-Marie Le Guay

The Bach family's love of music would be an understatement. From the middle of the 16th century onwards, children and parents, men and women, were all singing, playing and composing.
But what is love if it is not embodied?
Two women, two wives, illuminated Johann Sebastian's life: Maria Barbara, his young cousin, and Anna Magdalena, his most fervent admirer.
But they were far from the only ones. For nearly three hundred years, how many of us have been living with Bach, dancing with Bach, praying with Bach, improvising with Bach, living together better thanks to Bach?
In music and words, Claire-Marie Le Guay and Erik Orsenna will give you the chance to hear the work that Bach gave to the world.
She's a pianist and author of two books; he's a writer and music fanatic, who took up the piano ten years ago.
What is art if it doesn't elevate life, and sometimes repair it?

Jean-Sébastien BACH
Partitas, Italian Concerto, Chromatic Fantasy, Chorales and other works, excerpts