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 ...

More: $25-$45. For more information, call (509) 326-4942 or go to nwbachfest.com. Northwest BachFest will celebrate its 44th year with an online concert series featuring selections from J.S. Bach’s ...

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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 ...

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?

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 ...

Musician Yeesun Kim wakes up every morning the way Pablo Casals did — by playing one of Bach’s six, demanding cello suites from memory. With her eyes closed, Kim’s fingers dart along her cello’s neck ...

World-renowned classical guitar virtuoso Eliot Fisk joins us in the studio, playing Bach’s cello suites on classical guitar. The classical guitarist Eliot Fisk in performance. (Courtesy the Artist/ ...

Edward Klorman is a violist and Professor of Music at the University of Wisconsin – Madison’s Mead Witter School of Music. In 2025 he published his book, BACH: THE CELLO SUITES, exploring what makes ...

CAMBRIDGE — Bach’s Six Cello Suites are the beating, deep-souled heart of the cello repertoire. Cellists do not just perform the Suites and move on. They study them, internalize them, and map their ...

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 ...