Bach Chaconne for Solo Violin

Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast

Joshua Weilerstein

Clarinet, Timpani, Performing, Trombone, Cello, Trumpet, Bassoon, Classicalmusic, Performing Arts, Arts, Violin, Flute, Piano, Conductor, Music, Weilerstein

4.9 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

The Bach Chaconne is one of the great masterpieces of Western Classical Music, and today we're going to be diving straight into this monumental work. We'll talk about the legends behind its composition, the work itself, different interpretations of the piece, and its many many arrangements. As Brahms wrote about the piece: “On one stave, for a small instrument, the man writes a whole world of the deepest thoughts and most powerful feelings." Join us to discuss this towering artistic achievement!

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Sticky Notes, a classical music podcast.
0:07.9	My name is Joshua Weilersland, I'm a conductor, and I'm the artistic director of the Lausanne
0:11.5	Chamber Orchestra in Lausanne, Switzerland, and the music director of the Phoenix Orchestra
0:15.2	of Boston.
0:16.5	This podcast is for anyone who loves classical music, works in the field, or is just getting
0:20.4	ready to dive in to this amazing world of incredible music.
0:24.2	Before we get started, I want to thank my new Patreon sponsors, Theodore, Daniel,
0:28.0	Adam, Dieterich, Jiren, Kenneth, Nancy, Melissa, and all of my other Patreon sponsors
0:35.0	for making Season 7 possible.
0:37.0	If you'd like to support the show, please head over to patreon.com slash Sticky Notes
0:40.5	podcast.
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0:50.3	I also want to thank Shubham specifically for sponsoring this show today on Bach's
0:54.5	Shakone on Patreon.
0:57.5	I've just arrived in Lausanne from San Francisco for my final two weeks as artistic director
1:02.7	of Lausanne Chamber Orchestra.
1:04.5	I had a wonderful time in San Francisco with my debut with the San Francisco Symphony,
1:08.9	and it was made particularly wonderful by something I heard as I was walking off stage
1:13.2	at the second performance.
1:15.0	As I was walking off stage, I heard a person in the fourth or fifth row, I think,
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