Word: bachã
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...group exhorted her to ask the guitarist to stop, and he wisely complied. Sarah played variations on “I’m a Little Teapot” to demonstrate the divergent musical styles of various campus groups. After these, she played the prelude to Bach??s First Cello Suite, and it was bee-yoo-tiful, and then she played one of those mournful Irish folk tunes that always shows up in the sad parts of movies...
Despite the brilliance of Kissin’s playing later in the evening, the recital got off to a somewhat shaky start with Bach??s Toccata in C Major, BWV 564, originally for organ but transcribed for solo piano by Ferrucio Busoni. This is perhaps the closest we will ever get to hearing Kissin play Bach, and one could hear why he has not made unadulterated Bach a part of his performing repertoire. He is clearly most at home with the romantics, and even this romanticized version of Bach felt awkward and rigid. The opening prelude is marked...
...recent six-hour video project for PBS, Ma collaborated with artists from various disciplines to present Bach??s “Suites for Unaccompanied Cello.” Choreographer Mark Morris, Olympic figure skaters Torvill and Dean, filmmaker Atom Egoyan, a Kabuki actor and a landscape designer worked with Ma on different suites to create what The Washington Post called an “18th-century music video...