Violin Partita No.2 in D minor: Chaconne

Welcome back!  For our first episode of Season 2, we dive into one of the great violin solo pieces. And there is a rich well of musical material here in the Violin Partita No. 2. Alex's moment features the technical prowess of the soloist, Shunske Sato -- a bravura section of flurrying fast arpeggiated figures.  But even more profound is the structure of the Chaconne: a cyclical theme that moves from minor to major to minor, and seems as if it could circle around and around, into eternity. Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor (BWV 1004) as performed by Shunske Sato, Netherlands Bach Society: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnK6R5ej6Hg We now have over 20,000 podcast downloads!  Thanks to all our new and continuing listeners!  And thanks as always to the Netherlands Bach Society, who are in their 100th season this year. Cheers!

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Welcome to A Moment of Bach, where we take our favorite moments from J. S Bach's vast output—just a minute's worth or even a few seconds—and show you why we think they are remarkable. Join hosts Alex Guebert and Christian Guebert for weekly moments! Check your podcast app and subscribe for upcoming episodes. Our recording samples are provided by the Netherlands Bach Society. Their monumental All of Bach project (to perform and record all of the works of J. S. Bach) will serve as source material for our episodes. https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/allofbach Artwork by Sydney LaCom