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A Tribute to Lou Harrison Honors His Love Affair with Javanese Music

Lou Harrison The great American composer Lou Harrison tried his hand at many things: painting, calligraphy and poetry, to name but a few. He went through a great many musical phases as well, inspired by the experimental work of both … Continued

Johnny Gandelsman, 2013. Photo: Demetrius Freeman. Image courtesy of The New York Times.

Johnny Gandelsman performs Bach’s complete Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin

Johann Sebastian Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin are Shakespearian in their iconicity. Every serious performer must subject them to study, memorizing a monologue or, in this case, a movement, tracing and retracing the familiar, fleet-footed phrases in the … Continued

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A Tribute to Lou Harrison Honors His Love Affair with Javanese Music

Johnny Gandelsman performs Bach’s complete Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin