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...professional cellist will perform selections from Bach??s cello suites at his memorial service in Maine on Saturday, where attendees will later toast him with chocolate shakes—“his favorite drink,” Wang said...
...talent and character as they announced new Harvard initiatives in accordance with the recommendations of the Task Force on the Arts. Introduced by Faust as “the beautiful Yo-Yo Ma,” Ma performed an awe-inspiring rendition of the Sarabande from Bach??s first cello suite and animatedly discussed his life in the arts. Although he admitted that he can’t carry a tune without an instrument, he explained the value of sharing and communicating an emotional connection with music instead of teaching and learning notes in a strict...
...seek a joint concentration in both Music and Molecular and Cellular Biology. And now, when Koh is graduating from Harvard, Koh seeks Ma’s advice in deciding about his future as a musician and as a scientist. Koh will open his performances in Arts First festival with Bach??s sixth suite, from which he played as a freshman in the commencement ceremony of 2006. He will play two double-concertos, one by Bach and one by Vivaldi. Joined by pianist Nora I. Bartosik ’08, he will close his four-show run with Beethoven?...
...music and the movement in this piece is perfection.” To the sound of a lone accompanist, dancers Lia Cirio and Melanie Atkins demonstrated the quick pointework and exacting musicality characteristic of the iconic work, which first debuted in 1941. Meant to personify the violins in Bach??s “Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins,” the two women delightfully executed an excerpt from the first movement. The evening maintained a casual atmosphere, facilitated by the speakers’ candor and the rough, demonstrative nature of the performances themselves. This informal...
...Bach had a wonderful way of expressing the infinite,” he said before treating the audience to a performance of the piece, which he learned at age four. After the performance, Ma asked the audience what thoughts the recital aroused. Responses ranged widely from the thought of Bach??s children running through a field of flowers to one person who felt it helped her recover from a hectic week. Gardener probed repeatedly at Ma’s experimental inclinations and his will to take musical risks...