Great Barrington — Violinist Ronald Gorevic and harpsichordist Larry Wallach will present a free recital on Sunday, May 4, at 3 p.m., at the Kellogg Music Center on the campus of Bard College at Simon’s Rock. This performance will be the second and final concert in a series featuring six of J.S. Bach’s lesser-known sonatas.
The program for Sunday is as follows:
- Sonata in G minor, BWV 1020
- Sonata no. 5 in F minor, BWV 1018
- Sonata no. 1 in B minor, BWV 1014
- Sonata no. 6 in G major, BWV 1019
In this second and final concert of their series, Ronald Gorevic and Larry Wallach perform three of J.S. Bach’s sonatas for violin and harpsichord—works that, while less known than his solo or orchestral masterpieces, offer “collaborative chamber music” of great depth and complexity. As Wallach explains, each sonata “initiates an exploration of a particular sequence of affects,” balancing three independent voices between violin and both hands of the keyboard. The program includes Sonatas 1, 5, and 6, along with a G minor sonata of uncertain authorship—possibly, Wallach suggests, a creative collaboration between Bach and his son C.P.E., modeled after similar works by J.J. Quantz.
As a violist, Ronald Gorevic has been a member of several well-known string quartets over a span of more than 20 years, performing most of the standard quartet repertoire. He has toured extensively throughout the United States, Germany, Japan, Korea, and Australia and has been featured in broadcasts on radio stations in the U.S., Germany, and Australia. As a violinist, Mr. Gorevic has given recitals in major American cities, including New York, Chicago, Cleveland, and Atlanta. He has also performed in London, where he gave the British premieres of works by Donald Erb and Ned Rorem.
Larry Wallach has taught music at Simon’s Rock for five decades. A performer, composer, musicologist, and educator, his interests span the history of Western music up to the present day, with particular focus on Baroque and modern repertoires. He has published articles on Charles Ives and Johannes Brahms, and as a pianist, he has performed all of Ives’ violin sonatas. A founding board member of the Berkshire Bach Society, Dr. Wallach is active as a keyboardist on harpsichord, organ, and piano, collaborating with Ronald Gorevic, Paul Green, the Avanti Wind Quintet, John Cheek, Daniel Stepner of Aston Magna, Stephen Hammer, Lucy Bardo, Susanna Ogata, Allan Dean, Ronald Barron, the Berkshire Bach Society Chorus, Crescendo, and Anne and Eva Legêne.
Bard College at Simon’s Rock is planning a relocation to Bard College’s Massena Campus in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y., in the fall of 2025.
Hear violinist Ronald Gorevic and harpsichordist Larry Wallach in the second and final concert of their series featuring six of J.S. Bach’s lesser-known sonatas, on Sunday, May 4, at 3 p.m., in the Kellogg Music Center at Bard College at Simon’s Rock. Admission is free. For more information, call (413) 528-7212.
