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New England Conservatory President Emeritus and Walter W. Naumburg Chair in Music, Laurence Lesser Bach: Suite for Cello solo no 1 in G major, BWV 1007. Recorded live in Jordan Hall, Boston, by Alex Hug

Bach: Suite for Cello solo no 1 in G major-Prelude

Listening to the chaconne is as rich and layered an experience as the story behind the music. Whatever meaning you ascribe to the chaconne — personal, civic, divine, or none at all — it's certain to leave its mark.

Johann Sebastian Bach's chaconne has been arranged for nearly every instrument: from the ominous-sounding organ to the solo flute or the delightfully sparse marimba. Or, listen to these renditions by an enterprising clarinetist and an equally ambitious saxophonist. Or how about this menacing arrangement for trumpet and orchestra and this lyrical performance by two cellos. There is truly an arrangement for everyone.

But it's something spectacular when a great violinist performs the chaconne.

Tim Fain's live performance during Krista's conversation with Bernard Chazelle at WXQR's Bachstock is no exception. Before a full house at The Greene Space, he played Bach's chaconne, the fifth and final movement from Partita No. 2. As our executive editor Trent Gilliss observed, "It's a rarity and a privilege to be able to listen to a 15-minute violin solo without an orchestra." Especially a great performance like Tim Fain's, who is known for his electrifying recordings in Black Swan and 12 Years a Slave.

This performance is included in On Being's radio production, "Discovering the Cosmology of Bach" (http://www.onbeing.org/program/bernard-chazelle-discovering-the-cosmology-of-bach/7026)

Johann Sebastian Bach: "Chaconne" from Partita in D Minor for Solo Violin - Tim Fain

Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041

Thomas Gould, violin
Senesino Players

Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor: 1.

The New England Conservatory Chamber Orchestra coached by Donald Palma performs Elgar's Serenade for Strings. Recorded live at NEC's Jordan Hall March 15, 2011.
For more information: http://necmusic.edu/concerts

Elgar: Serenade for Strings in E minor  Op  20 -  Allegro piacevole

Elgar: Serenade for Strings in E minor  Op  20 - Larghetto

Dvorak - Serenade for strings in E - II. Tempo di valse

Allegro Appassionato

Marche Slave, Op. 31 by Tchaikovsky performed at the July 21st concert to benefit the Sean Hanna Foundation

Marche Slave, Op. 31 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Bach: English Suite No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 807. Prelude
Recorded at WGBH studios in Boston, May 2012.
Produced by Dan Gurin
Photo: Presidents Range, White Mountains, New Hampshire

Bach: English Suite No. 2 in A minor...Prelude

The 6th Symphony, or Pastoral Symphony, as named by Beethoven, is among the most beautiful music ever written.  Beethoven called the first movement "Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande" (Awakening of cheerful feelings upon arrival in the country).  Jerry Davis completed his interpretation of this movement of this great symphony transcribing each note for each instrument into a MIDI sequencer within Cakewalk's Sonar X1 Producer.  The software for the instruments is East West Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra Platinum Plus.

See the video with amazing sights of Yosemite and the Grand Canyon http://www.youtube.com/EdfnW5DT7Vg

Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op.68
1st Movement - Allegro ma non troppo
Ludwig van Beethoven

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