Inspired by Bach

Inspired by Bach, a part of Sony Classical celebrates Bach series, presents contemporary cellist YoYo Ma performing the six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello by Johann Sebastian Bach in collaboration with artists from different disciplines, in a set of six films, respectively.

SuiteThe Music Garden, directed by Kevin McMahon. After explaining how the first Cello Suite always conjures up images of nature, YoYo Ma recruits architect Julie Moir Messervy to help him try and design a garden based on the suite. The Music Garden is pitched to Boston City Hall, showing interest in the project for City Hall Plaza as a way to beautifully meet the demands for security. But the demands the film places on the completion of the project turn out to unreasonable for Boston and they pull out of the project. The city of Toronto expresses interest in the project once Boston steps out and over the remainder of the film work YoYo and Julie to get the project to the point where actual construction of the Garden can begin.SuiteThe Sound of the Carceri, directed by Franois Girard. YoYo Ma brings the music of the Second Suite together with the etchings of the 18th century Italian architect Giovanni Battista Piranesi in this film. Working out the church that Piranesi built, YoYo with his sound engineer constructs a reverberant rendition of the Second Suite to fit the computer designed threedimensional version of Piranesis Carceri dinvenzione Prisons of the Imagination that Girard constructs to have YoYo play in over the course of the film. The film explores the connection that music and architecture share as architects and a music historian contribute to the discussion between the performances of the movements. ........

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