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 ...

My first exposure to Bach's Cello Suites, after working as a pop music critic for a daily newspaper, rewired my audio circuitry. It took place in a small concert hall where a cellist with a shock of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Carter Brey and David Teie's joint recital of cello suites by Johann Sebastian Bach at Dumbarton United Methodist Church on Saturday night was in every way restorative, offering respite from the ...

A unique interpretation of Bach's Cello Suites led by Grammy-winning violinist with original choreography is happening May ...

Marc Violette was 55 years old when he picked up the cello and he's hardly put it down in the seven years since. He performs with the Albany Area Senior Orchestra and studies privately with Erica ...

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 ...

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?

BACH has been played in salons . . . But in saloons?Stay tuned tomorrow, when Matt Haimovitz plays all six unaccompanied Bach suites at Joe’s Pub. The lounge is a far cry from Carnegie Hall, but the ...