Welcome to an exclusive online benefit performance!
LINDA STAFFORD BURROWS, SERIES COORDINATOR ROBERT CASSIDY, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
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JOHNNY GANDELSMAN
A Violinist Explores Bach’s Cello Suites
Welcome to a special online experience!
Get acquainted with Johnny Gandelsman!
Enjoy the interview with Johnny Gandelsman
by Artistic Director Robert Cassidy
The concert is here.
Exclusive Online Concert by Johnny Gandelsman
available through December!
Donations to support the SYV Concert Series are welcome!
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Please enjoy an exclusive
online performance event The SYV Concert Series offers a transcendent solo online program by Grammy award-winning violinist and producer Johnny Gandelsman (Brooklyn Rider, Silkroad Ensemble) who will explore the depths of three of Bach’s Cello Suites on the violin. This program, generously created by Johnny Gandelsman for the SYV Concert Series, follows his celebrated debut recording of J.S. Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas, The Cello Suites are hailed as some of the most magnificent and profound of Bach’s creations – indeed of all Baroque music. Gandelsman’s musical voice reflects the artistic collaborations he has been a part of since moving to the United States. As a founding member of Brooklyn Rider and a member of the Silkroad Ensemble, Johnny has worked closely with such luminaries as Béla Fleck, Martin Hayes, Kayhan Kalhor, Yo-Yo Ma, Mark Morris, Anne Sofie Van Otter, Suzanne Vega, Abigail Washburn and Damian Woetzel. The Boston Globe reviewed his recording of Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas as a “..sparklingly personal Bach, shorn of grandeur, lofted by a spirit of dance and as predictable as the flight of a sparrow”. He has appeared with Bono, David Byrne, Renée Fleming, Rhiannon Giddens, I'm With Her, Christian McBride, and many others. |
The Boston Globe raved about Mr. Gandelsman’s recent performance of Bach’s Cello Suites at Kresge Auditorium: As Gandelsman journeyed down his path, movement by movement, more deeply in Bach’s world, any doubts [about a violinist performing the Cello Suites] were scattered by sheer dint of the fantasy and poetry of his playing. He did not attempt to perform the works cellistically, and neither did he try to claim them with a flashy violinist’s imprimatur. Instead, with the help of his astonishingly fluid technique, he set the music free as music… the music re-discovered its own origins in dance. And it seemed to speak with the naturalness of a folk song. This was an exquisitely personal vision of Bach, all radical sincerity and glinting light.” ENJOY THROUGHOUT DECEMBER!
Following the December 3 premiere broadcast, Mr. Gandelsman has given us permission to continue providing this link to this specially recorded performance throughout the month of December to grace this holiday season with Bach’s beauty. We are profoundly grateful to Johnny Gandelsman for bringing this performance to all of us and for supporting the Concert Series and St. Mark’s in this way |
Looking ahead to the 41st Season in 2022: Are you interested in being a Series Sponsor, an Artist Sponsor, or a Season Subscriber with reserved seating?
Contact Music Series Coordinator Linda Stafford Burrows at 805-705-0938 or syvconcerts@smitv.org
Contact Music Series Coordinator Linda Stafford Burrows at 805-705-0938 or syvconcerts@smitv.org
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