Type: Classical violin
Composer: Joahhnes Sebastian Bach
Program: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, BWV 1001–1006
Violinist: Gidon Kremer
Location: Cite de la Musique, Paris
Year: 2001

Bach's Dance Suites for Solo Violin offers a rare encounter with some of the most influential and technically demanding music ever written for the violin. Composed by Bach in the early 18th century, Latvian Violinist, Gideon Kremer, transforms the traditional courtly dances into deeply expressive studies in rhythm, structure, and emotional complexity. Stripped of orchestral accompaniment, the music focuses on the performer, requiring harmony and counterpoint, through a single melodic line.