Journey of 100
Chaconne #26 – April 6, 2015 Private home NYC
I am very excited to be playing for one of my dear creative colleagues next Monday. Since the last Chaconne (#25, 12/28/2014) I have been focussed on moving my residence, and have allowed the Bach to lie fallow through the deep winter. Now it is Spring, and I am coming back to the Bach after…
Read MoreChaconne #25 – December 28, 2014 5pm – Private performance
in memory of my friend Lev Gogish. White Plains, NY
Read MoreChaconne #24 – 5pm Sunday July 13 2014 – Guilford CT
Greene Gallery, on the Guilford Green – Guilford, Connecticut 5 PM – $15 admission to benefit Guilford Better Chance RSVP 29 Whitfield St, Guilford, CT 06437 (203) 453-4162
Read MoreChaconne #23 – West Side Community Garden NYC June 29, 2014
Sunday June 29, 2014 – 6 PM – FREE ADMISSION – West 89th Street between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues. The Chaconne opens this short program…Beethoven’s String Trio in G Major comes next – played with my friends Artie Dibble, Viola, and Lindy Clarke, Cello. This outdoor concert was blessed with perfect weather and a large, appreciative…
Read MoreChaconne #22 Bennington College March 18, 10 PM
On campus in the CAPA LENS. Tuesday night’s 10 p.m. performance of the entire D Minor Partita produced one of the most memorable results I have ever experienced as a soloist. The audience of about 60 or so stayed sitting together in a profound, relaxed silence for a good 8-10 minutes. Slowly, one or two…
Read MoreChaconne #21 – December 17, 2013 Jackson Heights Jewish Center
7:00 Holiday Concert at the Jackson Heights Jewish Center, Queens I have played this seasonal concert for many years and it is always great fun – so many wonderful people from the neighborhood show up, and the programs are always interesting! A really fine Tango segment (singer Chris Vasquez and pianist Cesar Vuksic), Arabic music (including Simon…
Read MoreChaconne #20 – December 8, 2013 – private home
for colleagues and friends. This performance was a good one – I was happy with the spirit and mood I was able to create; I had to keep substituting listening deeply for thinking, for mental activity. I worked a lot at exploring many places for playing at soft dynamic levels, leaving the higher levels…
Read MoreChaconne #19 – Thanksgiving Day, 2013 (Nov. 28th)
Private performance for colleagues and family. A beautiful event, in a warm living room with cathedral ceilings and a fireplace glowing. The idea of this complete work being the story of a spiritual journey seemed more powerful than ever – to me, and from discussion afterwards, to our listeners as well. Somehow,…
Read MoreChaconne #18 – PS K179 Brooklyn, NY
Well folks, I am really happy because tomorrow morning I am playing the Chaconne for approximately 150 5th grade Violin students at PS K 179 in Brooklyn. I am performing courtesy of Principal Bernadette Amato, Director Toby Kasavan of Neighborhood Music and Arts (who provides the music program for the school) and the children’s violin teacher Megan Berson.…
Read MoreChaconne #17 – October 27, 2013 Private performance
5 P.M. NY, NY We were a lovely gathering of people, including one musician, in a beautiful apartment that was perfectly suited for live music; after the music we all sat together for quite some time sharing reactions and questions. I noticed that there was a large degree of ease and comfort among the…
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