Bach - Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 in F minor - III. Presto
Bach - Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 in F minor - II. Largo
Bach - Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 in F minor - I. Allegro moderato
Chris Thile performs Bach Prelude in E major. He is so talented and passionate about music! Thile is best known as the mandolinist and a singer for the progressive acoustic trio Nickel Creek. His current band is Punch Brothers whose most recent album is Who’s Feeling Young Now?. Thile’s most recent albums outside Punch Brothers are a duet recording with guitarist Michael Daves called Sleep With One Eye Open and The Goat Rodeo Sessions, a collaboration with Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, and Stuart Duncan. He has also recorded five albums as a solo artist, debuting with Leading Off in 1994. Chris Thile has collaborated with many artists such as Mike Marshall, Béla Fleck, Mark O’Connor, Aoife O’Donovan, Glen Phillips, Edgar Meyer, and Yo-Yo Ma.
“It just absolutely slams you in the heart or gut or whatever it is. Bach has that sort of immediacy. It’s music that fires on all cylinders. He represents this sort of standard of perfection.” - Chris Thile
Bach - Toccata in G major, BWV 916
Performed by Fritz Steinegger
Johann Ambrosius Bach, Bach’s father
Bach - Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin BWV 1004 - I. Allemanda
Performed by Nathan Milstein
Bach - Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068
Performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Serge Koussevitzky
Edgar Meyer - Michel Lawrence Films Bach Project
Watch to see Meyer talk about Bach and perform the Prelude from Bach’s Cello Suite No. 2
His technique is unbelievable. He doesn’t use vibrato because he hits those high notes perfectly.
