Violinist Gil Shaham performs at Strathmore

When violinist Gil Shaham bolted out of the starting gate in the "Adagio" of Bach's Sonata No. 1 in G minor, I thought of Robert Schumann's aphorism: "Do not think velocity, or passage-playing, your highest aim. Try to produce such an impression with a piece of music as was intended by the composer; all further exertions are caricatures." Despite superb fiddle playing, Shaham continually approached this border in his mammoth traversal of all six of Bach's solo violin works last Friday at Strathm...