S. BACH Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004 This second evening's concert begins with Bach's deeply resonant Sonata No. 1 in G Minor and his dance-inspired Partita No. 1 in B Minor ...

His playing of the Bach sonatas and partitas is triumphantly good ... The D minor Partita is of course the supreme test not only in these works but in the entire violin repertory, and Mintz emerges ...

They will then move on to Composer-in-Residence Alexey Shor’s Violin Sonata No. 1, an evocative composition in three movements, Allegro Agitato, Scherzo and Meditation, distinguished by its ...