Violinist and producer Johnny Gandelsman brings his new commissioning project This Is America, a celebration of America’s rich cultural tapestry and its myriad perspectives, thoughts, and ideas. The program offers a vivid counterpoint to the idea that this land can be understood through any single dominant point of view. The BAC program features performances of 10 new works for solo violin written by a diverse group of US-based composers, alongside two iconic works by Johann Sebastian Bach.
March 16 Program:
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite No.1 in G Major, BWV 1007 (transcribed for violin)
Angélica Negrón: A través del manto Luminoso
Olivia Davis: Steeped
Nick Dunston: Tardigrades (BAC Commission, World Premiere)
Christina Courtin: Stroon
Marika Hughes: From J With Love
March 17 Program:
Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite no.3 For Solo Cello, BWV 1009 (transcribed for violin)
Adele Faizullina: Dew, Time, Linger
Nick Dunston: Tardigrades (BAC Commission, World Premiere)
Tyshawn Sorey: For Courtney Bryan
Rhea Fowler & Micaela Tobin: A City Upon a Hill?
Rhiannon Giddens: New To The Session
To learn more about This Is America, and to access videos of the composers introducing their works, please click here.

Johnny Gandelsman
Grammy Award-winning violinist and producer Johnny Gandelsman’s musical voice reflects the artistic collaborations he has been a part of since moving to the United States in 1995. Richard Brody of The New Yorker has called Gandelsman “revelatory” in concert, placing him in the company of “radically transformative” performers like Maurizio Pollini, Peter Serkin, and Christian Zacharias.