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Pierre-Guy Le Gall White (Baritone) |
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Born: San Francisco, California, USA |
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The American-born baritone, Pierre-Guy Le Gall White, began singing when he was ten with the San Francisco Boys Choir and later at San Francisco Mens Choir and the San Francisco Symphony Chorus and Oakland Symphony Chorus. He studied at the Oberlin Conservatory in Ohio and at the Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam with Max van Egmond, Peter Kooy and Howard Crook.
Since finishing his studies, Pierre-Guy Le Gall White has performed with various ensembles in the Netherlands, France, Italy ë and Germany in the larger works by J.S. Bach, including Weihnachts-Oratorium (BWV 248), Mass in B minor (BWV 232), Magnificat (BWV 243) and four Lutheran masses (BWV 233-242), and in Johannes-Passion (BWV 245) and Matthäus-Passion (BWV 244) in the roles of Christus and Pilatus. He has sung in more than a hundred J.S. Bach's cantatas.
Pierre-Guy Le Gall White sings regularly with Cappella Amsterdam (Director: Daniel Reuss), De Nederlandse Bachvereniging (Director: Jos van Veldhoven) and the Groot Omroepkoor (Netherlands Radio Choir) and other ensembles, as a member of the choir and as a soloist. In addition, he has sung solos with Orchestra of the 18th Century, and Cantico d’Archi (Director: Ronald Threels), and can be heard regularly on NPO radio 4, the public channel for classical music. |
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Sources:
Progammes notes of J.S. Bach: Johannes-Passion conducted by Daniel Reuss (April 17, 2014), English translation by Aryeh Oron (June 2016)
Bits & pieces from various sources
Photo 01: De Nederlandse Bachvereniging; Photos 03-05: Donald Bentvelsen (November 2013)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (June 2016) |
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Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works |
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Conductor |
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Works |
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Frans Brüggen |
Bass |
BWV 245 [2nd, 2010] |
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Frans Brüggen |
Bass |
Member of Cappella Amsterdam:
[CV-1] (2008, Video): BWV 106, BWV 198 |
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Peter Dijkstra |
Bass |
Member of Nederlandse Bachvereniging:
AOB Video: BWV 69 [2017], BWV 119 [2017], BWV 137 [2017] |
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René Jacobs |
Bass |
Member of Nederlandse Bachvereniging:
NBV-AOB [AB-245] (2021, Video): BWV 245, 1725 version [2nd recording] |
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Václav Luks |
Bass |
Member of Nederlandse Bachvereniging:
NBV-AOB [AB-198] (2020, Video): BWV 198 |
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Stephan MacLeod |
Bass |
Member of Nederlandse Bachvereniging:
NBV-AOB [AB-225] (Video, 2016): BWV 225
NBV-AOB [AB-226] (Video, 2016): BWV 226
NBV-AOB [AB-228] (Video, 2016): BWV 228
NBV-AOB [AB-229] (Video, 2016): BWV 229
NBV-AOB [AB-A159] (Video, 2016): BWV Anh 159 |
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Daniel Reuss |
Bass |
Video (2012): BWV 232 [2nd],
Video (2014): BWV 245
Video (2016): BWV 234, BWV 191 |
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Daniel Reuss |
Bass |
Member of Cappella Amsterdam:
Video (2012): BWV 232 [2nd]
Audio (2016): BWV 234, BWV 191 |
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Shunske Sato |
Bass |
Member of Nederlandse Bachvereniging:
NBV-AOB [AB-21] (2021, Video): BWV 21
NBV-AOB [AB-80] (2022, Video): BWV 80
NBV-AOB [AB-97] (2022, Video): BWV 97
NBV-AOB [AB-103] (2021, Video): BWV 103
NBV-AOB [AB-109] (2021, Video): BWV 109
NBV-AOB [AB-117] (2022, Video): BWV 117
NBV-AOB [AB-135] (2021, Video): BWV 135
NBV-AOB [AB-192] (2022, Video): BWV 192 |
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Jos van Veldhoven |
Bass |
Member of Nederlandse Bachvereniging:
AOB Video: BWV 29, BWV 120, BWV 206
NBV-AOB [AB-231] (2014, Video): BWV 231 |
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Links to other Sites |
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Pierre-Guy Le Gall White (Nederlandse Bachvereniging) |
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