Bachâs Cello Suites, Now on Violin, With a Folksy Feel
With an ear for dance and a new five-string violin, Johnny Gandelsman set out to transform a towering classic.
The violinist Johnny Gandelsman played Bach’s six cello suites, which he transcribed for his instrument, over two nights at Bargemusic in Brooklyn.Credit.Mary Inhea Kang for The New York Times
June 1, 2021, 1:44 p.m. ET
Bargemusic was rocking last Friday evening as rain fell heavily outside, casting the view of Lower Manhattan in gray.
Inside, though, Bargemusic â the tiny concert hall docked in the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge in Dumbo â was alight with the liveliness of belowdecks entertainment as a small audience rode out the storm to the fiddling sounds of Johnny Gandelsmanâs violin. At times the performance had the improvisatory feel of folk music, but it was in fact a survey of Bachâs towering six cello suites â transformed, with foot-tapping joy, for a smaller string instrumen
The six Asian American women killed in the Atlanta shootings represented a diverse Asian American and Pacific Islander community. Yet their deaths hit home for so many AAPI women.
Originally published on December 16, 2020 11:02 am
A house. Two cars. A kid in college. Debi and Nick Lemieur had all the markers of a middle class life. But they both remember one purchase Nick s $600 bass amplifier that prompted one of the biggest fights in their four decades of marriage. He didn t tell me he hid it in the trunk of the car, and I found it, Debi says, laughing, 14 years later. To me it was like, oh my God, how much will this screw with our budget?
An unexpected bill like that is what separates millions of Americans from financial disaster. In fact, survey after survey for years has found that most people in the U.S. live paycheck to paycheck.
Originally published on December 16, 2020 9:02 am
A house. Two cars. A kid in college. Debi and Nick Lemieur had all the markers of a middle class life. But they both remember one purchase Nick s $600 bass amplifier that prompted one of the biggest fights in their four decades of marriage. He didn t tell me he hid it in the trunk of the car, and I found it, Debi says, laughing, 14 years later. To me it was like, oh my God, how much will this screw with our budget?
An unexpected bill like that is what separates millions of Americans from financial disaster. In fact, survey after survey for years has found that most people in the U.S. live paycheck to paycheck.