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(Originally posted on February 20, 2011) Fairly recently on facebook, I commented on an online video clip that I watched earlier.  It was of an European virtuoso violinist making a recording of Bach violin concertos.  In the video this young violinist said: “I love to hear about authentic interpretation and baroque violins; however, we do not know how it was actually played. So the freedom of interpretation is much wider than some people might think.  I do believe that I play for the people of the 21st century.”  My comment was about this quote that stuck with me… It struck me as too shallow a thought for an established violinist […]