Yo-Yo Ma: Inspired by Bach

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

• Ep 1

  1.Suite #1 - The Music Garden

  01-04-1998

  "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.

• Ep 2

  2.Suite #2 - The Sound of the Carceri

  TBA

  "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...

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• Ep 3

  3.Suite #3- Falling Down Stairs

  TBA

  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.

• Ep 4

  4.Suite #4- Sarabande

  TBA

  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 Singe...

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• Ep 5

  5.Suite #5- Struggle for Hope

  TBA

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

• Ep 6

  6.Suite #6- Six Gestures

  TBA

  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...

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