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Weilerstein’s tour de force performance of the six suites – spread across two concerts – was full of eloquence, colour and remarkable dynamic control Alisa Weilerstein turned to Bach’s Cello Suites, ...
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 ...
This musician realised that with the right bow, the Bach Cello Suite No.1 could come to life in a wonderful way on the double bass... Since Bach composed his Cello Suites in the early 1700s, they have ...
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 in ...
This is kind of an experimental show. Bach wrote six beautiful suites for solo cello, and I want to showcase two of them through interpretations by eight different cellists. The cello is probably the ...
In 1992, when the choreographer Jerome Robbins began to work with the ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov on a collection of solos that would eventually become “A Suite of Dances,” Robbins was going ...
<!-- missing image http://blogs.kcrw.com/rhythmplanet/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/blog-spacer.jpg -->This is kind of an experimental show. Bach wrote six beautiful ...
The myths of classical music are layered with historical facts and romantic imagination. Pablo Casals, 1876–1973, a Spanish cello virtuoso, was no exception. It is often described how the 13-year-old ...