Music for difficult times: selections from the Bach cello suite in d minor and Shostakovich Symphony #8. Also, a performance of a few of the Pictures at an Exhibition by the Minnesota Orchestra and ...
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Of all of the works composed by J.S. Bach, his solo Cello Suites are among his best known, and most frequently played. They are also some of the most revered and difficult pieces for the instrument.
In 1915 Debussy created an incredible musical challenge for cello. The exhausting Finale is marked 'Animated, light and nervous'. We suspect that the cellist is feeling these emotions already!