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Gil Shaham performs the Gavotte en rondeau from Bach's Solo Partita no.3 as an encore. The violinist performed the same encore †• though a more ornamented version †• following his performance of Britten's Violin Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra last weekend.

Read Gil Shaham's thoughts on the irresistible lure of 1930s violin concertos.

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