Rev. Sean Brett Duggan

[sauergrandson]

Who has heard him / about him? He is a catholic monk who plays Bach.

[arensky]

I heard him play the complete Sinfonias (3 part inventions) of Bach and Beethoven's Diabelli Variations a few years ago. He's an extraordinary pianist, not a virtuoso type, more of a Schnabel or Serkin as his repertoire indicates, he focuses on Bach and the German classics. I enjoyed his playing immensely, it wasn't dry and dusty the way many classicists play, but alive, colorful and full of life. If you have the opportunity to hear him live, go!

[sauergrandson]

wow

[dbrainiak914]

I also have heard him play the complete 3-part inventions at a piano camp.  I remember walking in with other kids thinking to ourselves that this will be boring... a priest lecturing about Bach.  But it was such an outstanding performance, it made me really want to play them!

[nyquist]

Who has heard him / about him? He is a catholic monk who plays Bach.

He is a wonderful Bach interpreter.  He might be a bit on the "romantic" side: his Bach is anything but dry.  He is also in the faculty of the Golandsky Institute (a Taubman offshot).  I have seen him conduct a couple of master classes.  They were a lot of fun.

nyquist

[lung7793]

He's a piano professor at SUNY Fredonia now...I graduated from there the year before he got there (2004) and wish I could have stayed long enough to work with him!  I hear he recently completed a concert cycle there of all of Bach's keyboard works.  I may stop down there to hear/meet him sometime soon.