...François-Bernard Mâche has played the game by choosing Monteverdi as his companion for a three-concert itinerary - some of the great laments of the composer of La Sestina were performed this Sunday, around a few pages by Monteverdi curiously transcribed by Mâche for Elisabeth Chojnacka's harpsichord. With the mischievous disrespect that true devotion authorises, the Madrigalian unfolding met, among other things, unexpected Schumanian harmonies. The spirit of play never leaves Mâche's world, paradoxically cohabiting with the desire to recreate a ritual based on archaeological study or philosophical reflection. A fertile combination, whose metamorphoses we were able to follow throughout the day.

 Christian Fruchart, Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace 28 January 2004