Bachtober: Cellist Seth Parker Woods on a Trusted Score
Cellist Seth Parker Woods
"Preparing for my next recital in Washington, D.C., at the Phillips Collection. This score has gone through many changes over ... Read More...
Bach
Compare the Five Earliest Copies of the Bach Cello Suites at a Glance in Bärenreiter’s New Edition
By Robert Battey
The German publishing house Bärenreiter has, for many years, set the gold standard for forensic musicology, their editions always featuring th... Read More...
What Fuels Violinists’ Lifelong Fascination with the Bach Sonatas and Partitas?
Bach’s works for solo violin and cello are the Shakespearean monologues of the string world: The indefinable balance of technical mastery and interpretive ins... Read More...
Violinist Midori on the Role of Bach in Her Life, and Teaching His Music to the Next Generation
By Laurence Vittes
Midori Gotō, whom the world knows as simply Midori, holds magna cum laude bachelor’s and master’s degrees in psychology from New York Univer... Read More...
Strings Sessions Presents: Zuill Bailey
Finding time in between teaching cello at the University of Texas, El Paso, programming the Sitka Summer Music and Northwest Bach festivals, El Paso Pro Mu... Read More...
Strings Sessions Presents: Rachel Barton Pine
To celebrate her new Avie release Testament: Complete Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin by J.S. Bach, violinist Rachel Barton Pine came by the Strings studio... Read More...
Happy Birthday, Bach!
By Megan Westberg
March 21st marks J.S. Bach's birthday, and this year it's number 331. The great composer seems to be getting plenty of love this year, with... Read More...
Titans Talk about the Bach Solo Violin Works
Scaling the six Bach Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin requires a firm grasp of violin technique and a propensity for soul-searching. John Holloway, Rachel P... Read More...