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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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/ ...

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?

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 ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook With an ear for dance and a new five-string violin, Johnny Gandelsman set out to transform a towering classic. By Joshua Barone See ...

J.S. Bach's Cello Suite No. 1 has been given the beatboxing treatment by a champion cello-boxer. Anyone who has ever tried to accompany themselves singing will know that musical multi-tasking is not ...

In her determination to be interesting, the cellist Alisa Weilerstein has made herself perplexing. She is deeply immersed in “Fragments,” a multiyear mission in which she’s commissioning short pieces ...

When internationally acclaimed cellist Jan Vogler saw Amanda Gorman recite a poem at President Joe Biden's inauguration in 2021, he instantly became a fan. "What I admire about Amanda is her optimism ...