In honour of The Strad’s feature of Bach’s solo violin sonatas in the July 2021 issue, we’re exploring various performances of solo Bach. Here’s Ray Chen’s performance of the Largo from the C major sonata.
Read our feature discussing interpretation of the three sonatas by Lewis Kaplan here
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Global violinist Ray Chen’s mission is to connect people through music. He speaks to Amanda Holloway about his work both on and off the concert platform – through his Tonic practice app, his social media presence and his new album
Chen received the unusual item following a performance of the Tchaikovsky Concerto with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra
A chance to check out the 1714 ‘Dolphin, ex-Heifetz’ Stradivari violin in its glory
Bernsted performs a solo work that she describes as having ‘complexity like a kaleidoscope’
Check out a string chamber version of Vaughan Williams’s beloved work for violin
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Oesi and pianist Andrea Vasi perform Bottesini’s Allegro Di Concerto ’Alla Mendelssohn,’ which was released as a single last week
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