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Bach Cello Suites: The Castle in the Desert

Up to 80% of the proceeds from the event go to the performers.
May 9, 2020
Free of charge
ExclusiveLive
Featuring
Jean-Guihen Queyras, 
conductor, soloist

Suite 1, Prélude: The Call of Nature

How did Bach come to conceive the unimaginable: composing an two-and-a-half hour “opera” for a single 4-stringed instrument?

Why did he use dances throughout the Suites? Are these dances meant to be danced? How does one choose a bowing? How free can the interpreter be? These are only a few of the many questions on which Jean-Guihen will give us his insight as a passionate performer of this Masterwork.

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