This morning we went to the local Arboretum to listen to chamber music in the woods (well, not quite the woods but on a patio surrounded by lawn and trees). It was a bit warm, but there was a lovely breeze …
Cellist Laura Usiskin, a graduate student at Yale School of Music and studying with the venerable Aldo Parisot, treated us to a selection from Johann Sebastian Bach's Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello.
Performing the entire cycle lasts about three hours, so she played her favorite movements from Suites 1 through 4 on an 18th century instrument, telling us it was appropriate light Sunday morning entertainment. But still, absorbing Bach's solo pieces can be challenging. The cello is my favorite instrument and I was having a ball, and so it seems had everyone else, listening to this accomplished and personable performer …
an image from the Yale Daily News
There is wide selection of Johann Sebastian Bach Solo Cello Suites on CD and as MP3 Downloads available, way back to Pablo Casals.
[In the afternoon, I reluctanly went to the Apple Store in the mall and finally purchased OSX Leopard after an orientation session. Neat, but do we really need all this fanciness?]
