Of all of the works composed by J.S. Bach, his solo Cello Suites are among his best known, and most frequently played. They are also some of the most revered and difficult pieces for the instrument.

Bach’s instrumental output encompasses a wide spectrum, but none so intimate as his suites for solo cello. Watch and listen to six great cellists playing highlights of these amazing pieces. When you ...

Cellist Kevin Crudder will present Divine Invitations: The Preludes of the Bach Cello Suites on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at 3:30 p.m. at the Performing Arts Center in Brewster, Massachusetts. The event ...

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Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. It's the music that has inspired generations of cellists and violas. Even though it was composed nearly ...

Johann Sebastian Bach’s Cello Suite No. 5 Prelude is unlike anything else in the cello repertoire — darker, more introspective, and almost unsettling in its emotional weight. It feels less like a ...

Bach’s six suites for the solo cello are among the most iconic works of music ever composed. They have been played by the world’s greatest cellists, on disc and on film, at the fall of the Berlin Wall ...

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One day in 1890, the 13-year-old Pablo Casals was mooching around Barcelona with his father when they went into a music shop. Prodigiously gifted, Casals was studying cello in the city, moonlighting ...

Bach’s instrumental output encompasses a wide spectrum, but none so intimate as his suites for solo cello. Watch and listen to six great cellists playing highlights of these amazing pieces. When you ...