A beautifully-performed concert with a clever concept, connecting Bach’s music with speech and commentary.

The study of rhetoric as argument and persuasion was popular in comparison and unison with composition during the 18th century and, as such, in this concert, Bach Akademie Australia illustrates the literary influence of rhetoric on a range of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach.

Bach truly is the master of rhetoric and the Bach Akademie Australia the masters of persuasion and joy.

Madeleine Easton skilfully demonstrates how one violin can ‘hold a four-way debate on a single instrument.

Directed by Madeleine Easton it was an inspired performance with sumptuous playing that focused on the structure of the music.