Cafe Concert: Avi Avital
b"VIDEO: Avi Avital plays in the WQXR Caf\\xe9\\nWhen you think mandolin, bluegrass pickers and old-timey music frequently comes to mind \\u2013 Bill Monroe, Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas or Chris Thile. But when Avi Avital sat down to play in the WQXR Caf\\xe9, the sounds of a Bach cello suite filled the air. Then came the strong mournful strains of Ernest Bloch's Nigun, a variation on an ancient Hebrew melody written for the violin."