One of a series of experiments by Magnatune, this animated video represents the cellist's bowing and its relationship to the musical line in the Prelude of Bach's First Cello Suite.
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The cellist appears alongside the Greenwich Symphony Orchestra and its music director Stuart Malina
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The work has been arranged and recorded for double bass by James Oesi for his latest single release
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