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August

Hello, and welcome to August/Août/whatever-you-call-it-in-your-language.

I'm sorry I haven't been posting lately--I've been a bit busy....

First, some news....

Elina Garanca is having her second child and dropped out from the 2013-2014 Met season...
http://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2013/8/News/Garanca_Met_Assignments.html

Anna Netrebko put out a solo album for the first time in her five years of singing...
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/verdi/id665262128

Next, our tradition...
As this is already halfway through the month this guy will be our "Composer of the Month" for August/September.....

COMPOSER OF THE MONTH:

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH 

You would think I would have made him composer of the month earlier.....

Ahh, Bach. He has a HUGE bio so you can see that here http://bachcentral.com/bio.html

The main works I am interested in are the Brandenburg Concerto #3, the violin concerti 1 and 2, and the violin partita in E major (#3). You can find the sheet music for those here:

http://imslp.org/wiki/Brandenburg_Concerto_No.3_in_G_major,_BWV_1048_(Bach,_Johann_Sebastian)

http://imslp.org/wiki/Violin_Concerto_in_A_minor,_BWV_1041_(Bach,_Johann_Sebastian)

http://imslp.org/wiki/Violin_Concerto_in_E_major,_BWV_1042_(Bach,_Johann_Sebastian)

http://imslp.org/wiki/Violin_Partita_No.3_in_E_major,_BWV_1006_(Bach,_Johann_Sebastian)

I've played (or at least TRIED to play) all of these works and I found the concerto #2 in E major quite appealing. Although I haven't performed it yet I certainly would like to in the future!