Yo-Yo Ma: Inspired by Bach – Suite 1: The Music Garden

Synopsis

Inspired by Bach presents cellist Yo-Yo Ma performing the six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello by J.S. Bach in collaboration with artists from different disciplines, in a set of six films. THE MUSIC GARDEN opens the Yo-Yo Ma: Inspired by Bach series with an exploration of music as interpreted through gardening on a grand scale. The film follows the efforts of Yo-Yo Ma and landscape designer Julie Moir Messervy to create a formal garden, based on J.S. Bach’s First Suite for Unaccompanied Cello, in the centre of Boston. Inspired by the music to reawaken the nature buried beneath the concrete of a modern city, Yo-Yo and Julie are a study in optimism as they set off to convince politicians, financiers, bureaucrats and planners to join in their great dream.

Additional Info

• No: 9534
• Composer: J.S. Bach
• Artists: Julie Moir Messervy
• Production year: 1997
• Run time: 01:00:00
• Director: A film by Kevin McMahon
• Producers: Rhombus Media
• Format: HDTV 16:9