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Kidjo's latest collaboration is with cellist Yo-Yo Ma - and they will be performing a version of JS Bach's Sarabande in Paris in December.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2023

After a trio of ovations, Rachlin retook the stage to offer a contemplative reading of the Sarabande from Bach’s “Partita No. 2 in D minor.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2022

The Fifth Suite’s Allemande is sensuous, its Courante robust; its deceptively simple Sarabande has long-lined legato flow, before a bursting Gavotte and the sustained energy of the Gigue.

From New York Times • May 26, 2022

I interviewed Farmer recently about "Dear Damage," which was published in March by Sarabande Press.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2022

The Sarabande is a slow, stately dance; always in triple meter indicated by 3/2 or 3/4.

From Music: An Art and a Language by Spalding, Walter Raymond