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Thile performs sonatas and partitas on the mandolin (Oct. 19), and Angela Hewitt, a legendary Bach interpreter, plays the Goldberg Variations (Oct. 24).
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Shauna Lyon, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2025
On hearing the first notes of Chalifour playing the solo Bach partita that night, the goose bumps came, as Gehry has recalled, then the tears.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2022
Bach’s second violin partita closes with a massive ciaccona — a set of variations on a chord progression — singular among Bach’s works.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2022
Enjoy Argentine lutist Evangelina Mascardi's incredible (and incredibly dextrous) performance of Bach's lute partita in C minor.
—Aj Willingham, CNN, 19 Aug. 2021
In the opening Toccata of the sixth partita, his tempo is slower than most, but the momentum never sags, and his playing is expressive.
—Barbara Jepson, WSJ, 7 June 2021
Folksy melodies exchanged between the violin and piano in the second movement recall Bartok, while the violin’s contrapuntal lines in the opening of the third movement were reminiscent of a Bach partita.
—Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 20 Oct. 2020
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Shauna Lyon, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2025
On hearing the first notes of Chalifour playing the solo Bach partita that night, the goose bumps came, as Gehry has recalled, then the tears.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2022
Bach’s second violin partita closes with a massive ciaccona — a set of variations on a chord progression — singular among Bach’s works.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2022
Enjoy Argentine lutist Evangelina Mascardi's incredible (and incredibly dextrous) performance of Bach's lute partita in C minor.
—Aj Willingham, CNN, 19 Aug. 2021
In the opening Toccata of the sixth partita, his tempo is slower than most, but the momentum never sags, and his playing is expressive.
—Barbara Jepson, WSJ, 7 June 2021
Folksy melodies exchanged between the violin and piano in the second movement recall Bartok, while the violin’s contrapuntal lines in the opening of the third movement were reminiscent of a Bach partita.
—Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 20 Oct. 2020
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“Partita.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/partita. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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