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Feb 2025
21m 23s

Nevermind on Bach's Goldberg Variations

Gramophone
About this episode

For this edition of the Gramophone Podcast Editor Martin Cullingford was joined by three of the four members of the French ensemble Nevermind - flute player Anna Besson, viola da gamba player Robin Pharo and harpsichordist Jean Rondeau - to talk about the group's new creative exploration of Bach's Goldberg Variations, newly released on the Alpha label.

This Gramophone Podcast is given in association with Wigmore Hall 

 

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