Geoffrey Madge

Bach Goldberg Variations Geoffrey Madge

Geoffrey Madge started performing the Goldberg Variations approximately 40 years ago. From then on until this day he has experienced every performance as a

new event. Each time is a re-discovery of the infinite possibilities that are contained in the score. Impossible to include all in one performance.

The performer needs to have a good control of voicing. And that often within a dynamic range that remains intimate. The wisdom of life speaks in every variation. The repeated aria as the finale of the whole series of variations is a totally different experience than the same aria as played at the beginning. In these moments Bach's time becomes also ours, timeless.