Steven Isserlis’ New Guide Explores Bach’s Six Cello Suites
Steven Isserlis’ new guide explores Bach’s six Cello Suites in a series of discussions generously strewn with insights, illuminations, and literary allusions.
Bach Cello Suites
Cellist Miranda Wilson on Finding Lifelong Inspiration with Bach
It’s not that I’m unhappy, exactly. Yet here I am, a cellist weeping over a book full of unplayed notes. But then a voice in my head says, “You’ve still got Bach.”
Bring the Masters to your Practice Sessions: Every Recorded Interpretation of J.S. Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major Provides a Valuable Lesson
By Brian Forst | From the March-April 2021 issue of Strings magazine Bach’s Cello Suites, BWV 1007–1012, are the perfect medicine for cellists trying to cop... Read More...
A New Digital Edition of J.S. Bach’s Cello Suites Takes Every Manuscript into Account
Cellist David Starkweather has published a vertically aligned manuscript edition of all 5 versions of the Bach Cello Suites in an easily navigated digital edition.
Exclusive Video Premiere: Cellist Juliana Soltis Plays Bach Sarabande
"The study of Bach can be intensely humbling, and a perpetual reminder to cultivate an open mind!" wrote cellist Juliana Soltis in a recent Strings article. "I... Read More...
Exclusive Video Premiere: Cellist Juliana Soltis Plays Bach
"The study of Bach can be intensely humbling, and a perpetual reminder to cultivate an open mind!" wrote cellist Juliana Soltis in a recent Strings article. "I... Read More...
Bach’s Cello Suites Offer Endless Opportunities for Growth and Experimentation
By Juliana Soltis | From the January/February 2020 issue of Strings Magazine Player: Cellist Juliana Soltis connects audiences with the forgotten stories of... Read More...
Cellist Hee-Young Lim Shares Why She Will Never Stop Studying Bach’s Cello Suites
Player Hee-Young Lim Title of Work Being Studied Six Suites, BWV 1007–12 Composer Johann Sebastian Bach Date Composed It is likely Bach composed... Read More...
Remembering Cellist Anner Bylsma
Influential Dutch pioneer in historically informed performance practice dies at age 85 By Megan Westberg "Use your imagination before you play a note," c... Read More...
Cellist Alisa Weilerstein on Latest Album, Trondheim Soloists & Bach’s Cello Suites
By Laurence Vittes
Alisa Weilerstein's first album for Pentatone—brilliant performances of Haydn's two cello concertos with an appropriately starry-eyed reco... Read More...