Yo-Yo Ma: Inspired by Bach

10.0
1998

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma stars in a series of six short films based on Johann Sebastian Bach's Suites for Unaccompanied Cello.

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6 Episodes • Premiered 1998

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma stars in a series of six short films based on Johann Sebastian Bach's Suites for Unaccompanied Cello.

Still image for Yo-Yo Ma: Inspired by Bach season 1 episode 1: Suite #1 - The Music Garden

1. Suite #1 - The Music Garden

"The Music Garden," a documentary about designing a waterfront garden in Toronto. With landscape artist Julie Moir Messervy and cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Directed by Kevin McMahon.

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2. Suite #2 - The Sound of the Carceri

"The Sound of the Carceri," a film melding Bach's cello music, played by Yo-Yo Ma, with computer-generated images of Renaissance architect Giovanni Piranesi's etchings. Directed by Francois Girard.

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3. Suite #3- Falling Down Stairs

Yo-Yo Ma collaborates with choreographer Mark Morris on a new dance, entitled "Falling Down Stairs," performed by the Mark Morris Dance Group. Directed by Barbara Willis Sweete.

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4. Suite #4- Sarabande

Filmmaker Atom Egoyan collaborates with cellist Yo-Yo Ma on a film titled “Sarabande,” about the effects of music on the lives of five characters. Ma plays himself. With Lori Singer, Don McKellar, Jan Rubes and Arsinee Khanjian.

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5. Suite #5- Struggle for Hope

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and artist Tamasaburo Bando create a Kabuki dance entitled "Struggle for Hope." Performed by Bando and directed by Niv Fichman.

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6. Suite #6- Six Gestures

Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean skate "Six Gestures," recalling Bach's life during 1717-23, when he wrote the suites for unaccompanied cello. With Tom McCamus as Bach. Directed by Patricia Rozema.

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