Daniil Trifonov Bach Jesus bleibet meine Freude ( Arr. Hess) ( Live from OPUS Klassik 2021)

Daniil Trifonov received the OPUS Klassik Award for Instrumentalist of the Year. In the ceremony of OPUS Klassik, Daniil Trifonov played the Bach s famous Jesus bleibet meine Freude (Arr. Hess). Bach is of course a legend, an icon, a musical brand, says Trifonov. History sets him, like many geniuses, on a pedestal untouchable and unmoving, like a sculpture. He continues: We know Bach was a pious man, and that he worked very hard. Yet we also know that Bach was a family man, and that he fell in love (more than once); his music tells us he had a sense of humour, a sense of melancholy, and a sense of pride. He knew how to have fun. There are many indications of a real, personal biography to a composer whose creativity was fired by a passionate soul.