Chaconne

I went to the concert just to hear him play Bach (I think Perlman's rendition of the Chaconne is the best ever) -- and was very disappointed.

Save situation Matthew Guerrieri 2007

The program concluded with Ferruccio Busoni’s transcription of the Chaconne from the D minor Partita for solo violin.

Archive 2007-03-01 2007

The program concluded with Ferruccio Busoni’s transcription of the Chaconne from the D minor Partita for solo violin.

Come Monday 2007

Each section is based on a dance: the Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Gigue and then the Chaconne, which is longer than all four movements that precede it, combined.

NPR Topics: News 2010

Written in the early 1700s, the Chaconne is the fifth and final movement of Bach's Partita

NPR Topics: News 2010

It features an arrangement of Bach's "Chaconne" from his D-Minor Partita, using the same instrumentation as another work on the program, Steve Reich's pulsating contemporary classic "Music for 18 Musicians."

Blackbird Singing in the City Night Barbara Jepson 2011

The chords rang out and the runs sizzled in Saint-Saëns's "Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso"; the voicing and rhythm were admirable in Bach's "Chaconne"; the high filigree in the variations from Beethoven's "Kreutzer" Sonata danced beautifully; and the artist perfectly captured the sense of eternal serenity in Messiaen's "Louange à l'immortalité de Jésus."

Violinist Chee-Yun plays lovely Bach, Messiaen, Saint-Saens at Kennedy Center Post 2010

In my experience, only Bach's "Chaconne" equals the inventiveness, the variety, the depth and sheer musical power of that improvised solo on hi-hat.

Glenn Kurtz: Homage to Merv and Max 2008

NORRIS: So you get to the end of the "Chaconne" and you're standing there.

A Concert Violinist on the Metro? 2007

And getting to the end and then realizing that people are still bustling and not even acknowledging that I just concluded really one of the great, for instance the Bach "Chaconne," the great works of art ever created.

A Concert Violinist on the Metro? 2007