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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Every year, in the month of Johann Sebastian Bach’s birthday, the Seattle Violoncello Society presents a free Bach Cello Marathon — one of the nicer public-service events in the Northwest music ...

“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 as he ...

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 ...

Sometimes, the world just needs Bach. And in these moments, the great cellist of our times always steps up. This takes place on a grey day at Crane Beach, which is a few miles from his home in ...

For a sampling of how things have changed you need go no further than the Prelude to the First Suite where on this new recording, come the second half of the movement, Demenga speeds along the runway ...