Yo-Yo Ma transformed a Covid-19 vaccine waiting area into a mini impromptu concert after receiving his second shot of the vaccine at Berkshire Community College in Pittsfield, Massachusetts on Saturday (March 13, 2021).
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In March 2020, famed concert cellist Yo-Yo Ma initiated the #SongsOfComfort project, an online concert series intended to provide comfort at a time of anxiety and fear. Here, Yo-Yo Ma and concert pianist Sara Wolfensohn performed Rachamaninoff’s Vocalise to “The Eternal Aria.” Ma and Wolfensohn dedicated this performance to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
In March 2020, famed concert cellist Yo-Yo Ma initiated the #SongsOfComfort project, an online concert series intended to provide comfort at a time of anxiety and fear. Here, Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Emanuel Ax performed works by Robert Schumann.
In March 2020, famed concert cellist Yo-Yo Ma initiated the #SongsOfComfort project, an online concert series intended to provide comfort at a time of anxiety and fear. Here, Yo-Yo Ma and Iranian multi-instrumentalist and composer Kayhan Kalhor performed “Morgh e Sahar” (Bird of the Dawn) by Ostad Morteza.
In March 2020, famed concert cellist Yo-Yo Ma initiated the #SongsOfComfort project, an online concert series intended to provide comfort at a time of anxiety and fear. Here, Yo-Yo Ma and master sheng player Wu Tong performed “Rain Falling from the Roof,” a song composed by Tong.
In March 2020, famed concert cellist Yo-Yo Ma initiated the #SongsOfComfort project, an online concert series intended to provide comfort at a time of anxiety and fear. Here, Yo-Yo Ma performed “Sarabande” from Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1. Ma dedicated this performance to those we’ve lost.
In March 2020, famed concert cellist Yo-Yo Ma initiated the #SongsOfComfort project, an online concert series intended to provide comfort at a time of anxiety and fear. Here, Yo-Yo Ma performed “El cant dels ocells (Song of the Birds),” a Catalan folk song. Ma dedicated this performance to the Shipibo-konibo tribe of Peru.
In March 2020, famed concert cellist Yo-Yo Ma initiated the #SongsOfComfort project, an online concert series intended to provide comfort at a time of anxiety and fear. Here, Yo-Yo Ma performed “Appalachia Waltz” by Mark O’Connor.
In March 2020, famed concert cellist Yo-Yo Ma initiated the #SongsOfComfort project, an online concert series intended to provide comfort at a time of anxiety and fear. Here, Yo-Yo Ma performed “Love Theme” from Cinema Paradiso, by Ennio Morricone.
In March 2020, famed concert cellist Yo-Yo Ma initiated the #SongsOfComfort project, an online concert series intended to provide comfort at a time of anxiety and fear. Here, Yo-Yo Ma performed “Adagio in G Minor” by Tomaso Albinoni. Ma dedicated this performance to those who are grieving.
In March 2020, famed concert cellist Yo-Yo Ma initiated the #SongsOfComfort project, an online concert series intended to provide comfort at a time of anxiety and fear. Here, Yo-Yo Ma performed “Salut d’Amour” by Edward Elgar. Yo-Yo Ma dedicated this performance to the “canceled weddings, separated lovers, new loves found, and loved ones near and […]
In March 2020, famed concert cellist Yo-Yo Ma initiated the #SongsOfComfort project, an online concert series intended to provide comfort at a time of anxiety and fear. Here, Yo-Yo Ma and Syrian clarinet player Kinan Azmeh perform V. Epilogue from Azmeh’s “The Fence, the Rooftop and the Distant Sea”.
In March 2020, famed concert cellist Yo-Yo Ma initiated the #SongsOfComfort project, an online concert series intended to provide comfort at a time of anxiety and fear. Here, Yo-Yo Ma and Beninese-American singer-songwriter Angélique Kidjo performed “Blewu,” a Ewe dirge for the dead and anthem of thanks.
In March 2020, famed concert cellist Yo-Yo Ma initiated the #SongsOfComfort project, an online concert series intended to provide comfort at a time of anxiety and fear. Here, Yo-Yo Ma performed “Dona Nobis Pacem” (Grant Us Peace) from the Agnus Dei.
In March 2020, famed concert cellist Yo-Yo Ma initiated the #SongsOfComfort project, an online concert series intended to provide comfort at a time of anxiety and fear. Here, Yo-Yo Ma performed Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Prelude to Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major.”
In March 2020, famed concert cellist Yo-Yo Ma initiated the #SongsOfComfort project, an online concert series intended to provide comfort at a time of anxiety and fear. Here, Yo-Yo Ma performed “Sarabande” from Bach’s Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor.
In March 2020, famed concert cellist Yo-Yo Ma initiated the #SongsOfComfort project, an online concert series intended to provide comfort at a time of anxiety and fear. Here, Yo-Yo Ma performed Prayer by Ernest Bloch from “From Jewish Life” No. 1.
In March 2020, famed concert cellist Yo-Yo Ma initiated the #SongsOfComfort project, an online concert series intended to provide comfort at a time of anxiety and fear. In this video, entitled “Mooing Home,” Yo-Yo Ma performed “Going Home” by Antonín Dvořák, accompanied by an animated video of farm animals created by illustrator Sandra Boynton.
In March 2020, famed concert cellist Yo-Yo Ma initiated the #SongsOfComfort project, an online concert series intended to provide comfort at a time of anxiety and fear. Here, Yo-Yo Ma performed an excerpt from Ennio Morricone’s “The Legend of 1900.” Ma dedicated this performance to the people of Italy.
In March 2020, famed concert cellist Yo-Yo Ma initiated the #SongsOfComfort project, an online concert series intended to provide comfort at a time of anxiety and fear. Here, Yo-Yo Ma performed “Tree Tree Tree” by Fred Rogers (better known as Mister Rogers). Ma dedicated this performance to the kids and grown-ups who are at home […]
In March 2020, famed concert cellist Yo-Yo Ma initiated the #SongsOfComfort project, an online concert series intended to provide comfort at a time of anxiety and fear. Here, Yo-Yo Ma performed “The Swan” by Camille Saint-Saëns.
In March 2020, famed concert cellist Yo-Yo Ma initiated the #SongsOfComfort project, an online concert series intended to provide comfort at a time of anxiety and fear. Here, Yo-Yo Ma performed “Sarabande” from Bach’s Cello Suite No. 3. This performance was dedicated to frontline healthcare workers.
In March 2020, famed concert cellist Yo-Yo Ma initiated the #SongsOfComfort project, an online concert series intended to provide comfort at a time of anxiety and fear. Here, Yo-Yo Ma performed “Nana” by Manuel de Falla. This performance was done alongside improvised drawing by children’s book author and illustrator Mo Willems as part of a […]
In March 2020, famed concert cellist Yo-Yo Ma initiated the #SongsOfComfort project, an online concert series intended to provide comfort at a time of anxiety and fear. Here, Yo-Yo Ma performed “Going Home” by Antonín Dvořák.
Knowing that I will be getting my first jab of the vaccine in the upcoming week, I optimistically look forward to the world returning to normal, even if it becomes a different kind of normal. As we are heading out of the COVID-19 pandemic, livestreams are dwindling in numbers, and some musicians are already back […]