The Veronica (Overture to J.S. Bach's Cello Suite No. 2) for solo cello - Digital (Not Printable)

for celloComposer note the ones who are gone are gonebut the ones who survivedbegin to arrive— from Rumi I know Matt for 8 years now. Not only have I written pieces for him, we have also collaborated on a song together, Miranda, and played together on his Figment tour. When Matt called me for this project, I was thrilled for his undertaking and honored to be part of a project that is this close to him. Among the six Bach Cello Suites, I always feel the most personal with the Suite No. 2. So I chose to write an overture for this suite. In preparing for writing the overture for the d minor, Matt and I talked about how JS Bach had been away from home on tour for a year. When he came back finally, only then did he learn of his first wife’s passing; and a year prior, he lost his child. The bereavement and absolute inward-looking of this suite rang in my ears. The Veil of Veronica, the image of a woman wiping sweat and blood away, too, dances back to my eyes. I’m interested in the provenanc