Solo Bach on Guitar

I went to Providence for an overnight visit with a friend yesterday, violin in hand and my guide to the sonatas and partitas in my backpack. A guitarist I recognized from the Park Street Station was near the tracks with a nametag, a guitar, CD's, and an open case. I remembered that I'd heard somebody - probably him - playing great solo Bach on guitar. I asked him if he played solo Bach, and he responded by playing the Fuga from the G-minor Sonata. What makes so much of Bach's music nice is the way individual notes resonate together after they're played. That effect certainly comes out on the guitar.

I looked at some YouTube videos of classical guitarist playing Bach, but none matched my memory of the subway musician. Probably no recording, at least not on YouTube, can equal the sound you get standing right next to the guitarist. If you ever see a subway guitarist, ask him to play Bach!