A portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach is on the left, with the title "GOLDBERG VARIATIONS arranged for STRING TRIO" in gold lettering on the right, all set against a dark background with musical notes and golden accents.

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Bach&#39;s Goldberg Variations arranged for string trio Violinist <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.jessicatong.com/index.html" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Jessica Tong</a>, cellist <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.ashleybathgate.com/" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Ashley Bathgate</a> and violist <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.kenhamao.com/" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Ken Hamao</a> present Bach&rsquo;s seminal work, Goldberg Variations, arranged by Dmitry Sitkovetsky for string trio.&nbsp;Bach&rsquo;s Goldberg Variations, originally written for keyboard, take on a remarkable new character when arranged for string trio. Dividing Bach&rsquo;s intricate lines among violin, viola, and cello brings the music&rsquo;s counterpoint into vivid relief: voices that intertwine on a single keyboard become a conversation between three distinct instruments, each with its own color, weight, and personality. At the heart of the work is a simple, graceful Aria, followed by thirty variations of extraordinary variety&mdash;from intimate and lyrical passages to brilliant displays of virtuosity and rhythmic energy. In a string trio arrangement, the Goldberg Variations can feel at once more conversational and more human, revealing the warmth and expressive depth within Bach&rsquo;s astonishingly precise musical architecture.

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Bach's Goldberg Variations arranged for string trio Violinist <a href="https://www.jessicatong.com/index.html" target="_blank">Jessica Tong</a>, cellist <a href="https://www.ashleybathgate.com/" target="_blank">Ashley Bathgate</a> and violist <a href="https://www.kenhamao.com/" target="_blank">Ken Hamao</a> present Bach’s seminal work, Goldberg Variations, arranged by Dmitry Sitkovetsky for string trio. Bach’s Goldberg Variations, originally written for keyboard, take on a remarkable new character when arranged for string trio. Dividing Bach’s intricate lines among violin, viola, and cello brings the music’s counterpoint into vivid relief: voices that intertwine on a single keyboard become a conversation between three distinct instruments, each with its own color, weight, and personality. At the heart of the work is a simple, graceful Aria, followed by thirty variations of extraordinary variety—from intimate and lyrical passages to brilliant displays of virtuosity and rhythmic energy. In a string trio arrangement, the Goldberg Variations can feel at once more conversational and more human, revealing the warmth and expressive depth within Bach’s astonishingly precise musical architecture.

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The Goldberg Variations: Jessica Tong, Ashley Bathgate, Ken Hamao @ The Tang Museum, Skidmore College

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