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Prom 52: Bach Day - Jian Wang
From the Royal Albert Hall, London, presented by Christopher Cook. Chinese cellist Jian Wang performs the first three of Bach's six solo cello suites.
From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Christopher Cook.
Chinese cellist Jian Wang takes centre stage for the first three of Bach;s six solo cello suites. Works of considerable technical accomplishment as well as intellectual and spiritual nourishment, Jian Wang comments that 'Bach's music has a lot of qualities that appeal to the Chinese philosophy of life: to be humble, to wish but not desire, to love but not own.'
Jian Wang (cello)
Bach: Suites for solo cello: No 1 in G; No 2 in D minor; No 3 in C.
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