Nigel Kennedy accuses fellow violinists of destroying Bach's legacy

Violin virtuoso says most performances stripped of passion by musicians who can't play master's works properlyFresh from an acclaimed Proms performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's works for solo violin, Nigel Kennedy has accused the classical music establishment of failing to do justice to the legacy of the 18th-century German genius.In a broadside at fellow musicians, he said that some were sidelining Bach into "a rarefied and effete ghetto" while others were turning "philosophical masterpieces...

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