Bach’s instrumental output encompasses a wide spectrum, but none so intimate as his suites for solo cello. Watch and listen to six great cellists playing highlights of these amazing pieces. When you ...

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 ...

They’re one of the greatest glories of classical music but the Cello Suites took many decades to be appreciated and understood. Steven Isserlis tells the story of ‘one of the pillars of western ...

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Edward Klorman and Matthew Zalkind discuss the history of J. S. Bach's six Cello Suites. Edward Klorman and Matthew Zalkind, professors at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Mead Witter School of ...

Violinist Podger makes Bach’s suites sound as if they were written for her instrument, such is her buoyancy and agility Isn’t Rachel Podger a violinist? What’s she doing recording Bach’s Cello Suites?

Matt Haimovitz is a gifted cellist, whose restless searching for different modes of communication and expression on the instrument has led him in many interesting directions. In his second time ...

On Sunday night, beloved American cellist Yo-Yo Ma took a moment to honour those who have lost their lives to coronavirus. Streamed live from WGBH’s Fraser Studio, the performance was played out on ...

If you were a composer in the 18th century, it was possible to be “imprisoned” by your patron. Since we know what online streaming royalties pay out to composers these days, the idea of not only ...

An Australian music professor is making headlines with a theory that some of Bach’s most treasured works were actually written by his wife. A new documentary film, Written by Mrs. Bach, suggests that ...

(6) Suites (Sonatas) for Cello, Movements: No. 1 in G, BWV1007 Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Angela East, Cello (6) Suites (Sonatas) for Cello, Movements: No. 2 in D minor, BWV1008 Angela East, ...

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 ...