In the last days of July he Finnish pianist Tuija Hakkila left behind the endless summer twilights of her own country for a few days of lower latitudes and earlier nightfalls in Upstate New York. At ...

In the grim pandemic nadir of September 2020, violinist Soovin Kim stepped out on an empty stage at the New England Conservatory in Boston and performed Johann Sebastian Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas ...

Also, in-studio archives from Grammy nominees Molly Tuttle and Southern Avenue, plus newcomer Treanne, a peek at the upcoming ...

Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts continues its BACH and EARLY MUSIC series in November with Bach Gamba Sonatas featuring pianist Simone Dinnerstein and cellist Alexis Pia ...

Through his work with the innovative string quartet Brooklyn Rider and Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble, violinist Johnny Gandelsman has established himself as a performer of wide-ranging interests and ...

It’s been a busy concert season for Gil Shaham. The Illinois-born violinist premiered a new concerto commissioned by the San Diego Symphony in December, David Bruce’s “Fragile Light,” and the month ...

When violinist Michelle Makarski approached her friend, the pianist Keith Jarrett about playing some Johann Sebastian Bach sonatas, recording those works wasn’t necessarily in their initial plans. In ...

Gandelsman has been celebrated for playing a wide variety of music, from purely classical to the most inventive contemporary pieces. He takes on Bach's complex sonatas and partitas on his new album.

Despite the title please note that Steven Isserlis plays these sonatas on a cello, not a viola da gamba. We may miss the plangent quality of the instrument of Bach and Handel’s day, but Isserlis ...