On Thursday and Friday evening at Baker-Baum Concert Hall, the La Jolla Music Society presented violinist Midori in the six Sonatas and Partitas for unaccompanied violin by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas are written for a solo violin and, when Gil Shaham performs them all this week on a recital program, there won’t be any other musical instruments in the mix. But that doesn ...
Rachel Barton Pine records Bach's solo violin partitas and sonatas at St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Chicago Violinist Rachel Barton Pine’s playing isn’t the only sound you hear on her new ...
Stradivarius violins are lately on the minds of many Americans, thanks to the media’s coverage of the theft and subsequent recovery of a Strad owned by the concertmaster of the Milwaukee Symphony. One ...
This is the next instalment in Isabelle Faust’s Bach recording adventure that began nine years ago. Her recording of Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas are still regarded as some of the finest out there. The ...
The music of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) gives us a unique earful of divine glory and omnipotence. Whether the mighty “Saint Matthew Passion,” the poignant “Goldberg Variations,” or the mystical ...
Grammy-winning mandolin player Chris Thile is out with a new album. This time he is taking the music of J.S. Bach to different locations.
Baltimore native Hilary Hahn had a homecoming at Kennedy Center Oct. 26, as part of her international tour. (Dana van Leeuwen/Decca) Review by Simon Chin For violinist Hilary Hahn, Friday’s concert at ...
Second movement of the Concerto for Oboe, Violin, Strings, and Bass Continuo in C minor by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed ...