Foulger International Music Festival
Matt Haimovitz Materclass
July 15, 2013
Haimovitz and his students from McGill University play this gorgeous piece, originally for three cellos and piano, heard here arranged for 6 celli by David Eggert. Performed at Kibbutz Eilon in Israel.
Prof. Matt Haimovitz joined by cello faculty and students of the Israel Conservatory, Tel-Aviv (arr. Haimovitz for four celli).
Prof. Matt Haimovitz joined by cello faculty and students of the Israel Conservatory, Tel-Aviv (arr. Haimovitz for six celli).
Matt Haimovitz warms to the topic of his relationship to the J.S. Bach 6 Suites for Solo Cello.
Master cellist and famed Bach interpreter Matt Haimovitz takes us in depth through the stormy and dramatic D-minor suite of J.S. Bach. In this feature, Haimovitz discusses the unusual chorale-like ending of this work and how to approach this in terms of ornamentation and breaking the chords.