Violist Pemi Paull set up a viola cam during rehearsals for yesterday’s performance of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion by Ensemble Caprice at the Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul in downtown Montreal.
It’s a great way to hear how strange and unbalanced music sounds from an orchestra player’s perspective — and why having a conductor with a vision for the overall sound of a piece is such a great idea.
Here’s the opening chorus:
