Sometimes you just need a bit of Bach, so…here’s a bit of Bach. This is Hillary Hahn, playing the third movement of the Partita No. 3 in E Major.
This is very likely the first work of Bach’s that I got to know fairly well, thanks to its prominent use in one of the most memorable segments from Carl Sagan’s teevee show Cosmos. Bach’s immortal combination of simple beauty and logic of the utmost rigor somehow forms the perfect aural backdrop for the tale of all of life on Earth.
