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Here's the arrangement of Bach's Violin Partita in E Major you didn't know you needed

Watch accordionist Michael Bridge and clarinettist Kornel Wolak and be amazed.
Watch accordionist Michael Bridge and clarinettist Kornel Wolak perform Bach's Violin Partita in E Major. (Scott Cooper)

Such was Sergei Rachmaninoff's admiration for Bach's Violin Partita in E Major, BWV 1006, that he arranged three of its seven movements — Prelude, Gavotte and Gigue — for solo piano. Bachmaninoff, if you'll pardon the pun.

That arrangement served as the point of departure for accordionist Michael Bridge and clarinettist Kornel Wolak (together, they're Double-Double Duo) who transcribed and performed it for CBC Music at the Church of the Holy Trinity in Toronto.

Watch and be amazed:

Bach/Rachmaninoff: Partita in E Major, BWV 1006 | Played by Kornel Wolak and Michael Bridge | CBC Music

6 years ago
Duration 9:07
Clarinettist Kornel Wolak and accordionist Michael Bridge (Double-Double Duo) play a transcription of Sergei Rachmaninoff's arrangement of Bach's Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: Prelude, Gavotte, Gigue. Recorded at the Church of the Holy Trinity in Toronto, Ont., in May 2018.