Famous Cellist Yo-Yo Ma's New Music Video on Top of City Building Shares Powerful Message
Classical music — It’s not something we come across much these days unless we’re inside the walls of a concert hall.
But, unlike other genres, classical music has a way of breaking language barriers. Rather than rely on the lyrics to guide us through the song’s meaning, we depend solely on composition.
Legendary cellist Yo-Yo Ma knows this better than anyone, perhaps — which is precisely why the musician has taken to a very special project.
The Bach Project will take Yo-Yo Ma to 36 locations around the world where he will perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s six suites on his iconic cello.
“It is a journey not only motivated by his six-decade relationship with music,” the project page reads, “but also by Bach’s ability to speak to our common humanity at a time when our civic conversation is so often focused on division.”
They’re truly powerful words that resonate deeply, most certainly for anyone who has witnessed the constant downpour of negativity and bullying on social media these days.
Hatred has spread like wildfire over recent years, with debates about politics and agendas becoming so heated, we’ve forgotten we’re talking to other human beings.
Yo-Yo Ma seeks to break these barriers of hatred and misunderstanding, it seems, and give the world a view of how culture can unite us.
In a moving music video which features the cellist on top of a roof, these words prelude another stunning performance: “Culture — the way we express ourselves and understand each other — can bind us together as one world.”
Watch and listen as Yo-Yo Ma puts his heart and soul into Bach’s “Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, Prélude.” You won’t be able to tear your eyes away.
As the camera pans across the rooftop, then fades to other scenes entirely, you can’t help but feel mesmerized by the deeper message this video brings to life.
From a painter to a dancer, from a child to an old woman, the clips included in the video portray different lives that really aren’t all that different if we take the time to look.
To learn more about The Bach Project and find out how #cultureconnectsus, visit Yo-Yo Ma’s website. You may just find out he’s coming to a city near you.
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