“Bach's cello suites have been my constant musical companions. For almost six decades, they have given me sustenance, comfort, and joy during times of stress, celebration, and loss,” Ma said ...

Bach’s Cello Suites, Now on Violin, With a Folksy Feel. With an ear for dance and a new five-string violin, Johnny Gandelsman set out to transform a towering classic. Share full article. 9.

After the teenage Catalan cellist Pablo Casals (1876-1973) found an edition of Bach's "Suites for Unaccompanied Cello" in a Barcelona music shop around 1890, he practiced for a dozen years before ...

Bach’s cello suites are among the best known works of classical music, now risking popularization to the point of fatigue as they provide background music for cat food commercials. But one hundred and ...

J. S. Bach composed his Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello between 1717–23, based on six dance movements . It's likely Bach wrote his Cello Suites between 1717-23 when he was serving as Kapellmeister ...

Two ways of looking at Bach’s cello suites. February 12, ... In his second time recording the Bach Suites (his first was 15 years ago), he has found religion — baroque religion.

In the first concert, Bailey performs Bach’s Suite No. 1 in G Major for Unaccompanied Cello, BWV 1007, as well as some of his favorite movements from other Bach Suites.

Seeing and hearing Yo-Yo Ma play the Bach cello suites is an act of cultural tourism. I was going to equate it with visiting Chartres, but it's not quite that monumental — Chartres might be the ...

Alisa Weilerstein is streaming one movement of the Bach cello suites a day, just as she has released a polished studio recording of them. Skip to content Skip to site index Performances in N.Y.C.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Bach Unwound is a study in contrasts. It pairs a stalwart work by J.S. Bach — the solo "Cello Suites" — with six movements by six composers.

Suite No. 3 in C major. Back to a major key, Bach’s Suite No. 3 in C is folky and relaxed – Paul Tortelier’s performance shows off its friendly character. The cello’s lowest note, the bottom C string, ...