Avi Avital: Bach - Partita No. 2 in D Major (Arrangement for Mandolin)

From the Verbier Festival, August 31, 2015
Mandolin recital by Avi Avital

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Partita No.2 in D Major (BWV 1004)
Arrangement for mandolin
0:07 Allemande
4:47 Courante
7:39 Sarabande
11:12 Gigue
16:14 Chaconne

The mandolin is quite a rare instrument, and there is - by far - less repertoire written for it than for, say, the violin. Avi Avital turns that which might be considered a disadvantage into the strength of his work: He constantly arranges existing repertoire for his instrument and even writes his own pieces - thus being in constant, fruitful conversation with music history.