Bernard Labadie

Jun 19, 2024 | classicalvoiceamerica.org | James Bash |Bernard Labadie |Ralph Nelson |Camerata Lipsiensis

Editor’s note: Music critic James Bash, who lives in Portland, is a frequent contributor to Classical Voice North America and treasurer of the Music Critics Association of North America. LEIPZIG — Three hundred years have passed since J.S. Bach wrote 66 cantatas while working as the head honcho for the four major churches in Leipzig.

Mar 8, 2023 | cso.org | Bernard Labadie

When Bernard Labadie arrived in December 2015 for his last engagement with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, he was making just his second public appearance anywhere since putting his career on hold for 18 months. The then 52-year-old French-Canadian maestro was not just fortunate to be back on the podium, but he was also lucky to alive after a debilitating battle with cancer. “Almost against all odds, it did work out,” he said at the time.