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Pieter Wispelwey

Pieter Wispelwey performs a selection of solo cello suites at City Halls, Glasgow. Bach: Suite No 5. Bloch: Suite No 1. Reger: Suite No 1. Walton: Passacaglia. Britten: Suite No 2.

Romantic Bach 2/4

Pieter Wispelwey performs Bach in the context of later composers who were strongly inspired by him and for whom the solo cello suites by JS Bach had a particular resonance as they neared the end of their lives.

Pieter Wispelwey, cello

BACH
Suite for solo cello No 5 in C minor, BWV1011
BLOCH
Suite for solo cello No 1 in D minor,
REGER
Suite for solo cello, Op 131c No 2
WALTON
Passacaglia for solo cello
BRITTEN
Suite for solo cello No 2, Op 80.

1 hour, 25 minutes

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Wed 7 Apr 2010 13:00

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  • Wed 7 Apr 2010 13:00