Yo-Yo Ma Inspired by Bach
(1998)
Overview
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma stars in a series of six short films based on Johann Sebastian Bach's Suites for Unaccompanied Cello.
Cast
Episodes
Suite #1 - The Music Garden 0.0
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"The Music Garden," a documentary about designing a waterfront garden in Toronto. With landscape artist Julie Moir Mess…
Suite #2 - The Sound of the Carceri 0.0
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"The Sound of the Carceri," a film melding Bach's cello music, played by Yo-Yo Ma, with computer-generated images of Re…
Suite #3- Falling Down Stairs 0.0
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Yo-Yo Ma collaborates with choreographer Mark Morris on a new dance, entitled "Falling Down Stairs," performed by the M…
Suite #4- Sarabande 0.0
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Filmmaker Atom Egoyan collaborates with cellist Yo-Yo Ma on a film titled “Sarabande,” about the effects of music on th…
Suite #5- Struggle for Hope 0.0
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Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and artist Tamasaburo Bando create a Kabuki dance entitled "Struggle for Hope." Performed by Bando and…
Suite #6- Six Gestures 0.0
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Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean skate "Six Gestures," recalling Bach's life during 1717-23, when he wrote the suites…