January 2024
Repertoire
J.S. Bach: Cello Suite No. 2, BWV 1008
J.S. Bach: Cello Suite No. 3, BWV 1009
J.S. Bach: Cello Suite No. 6, BWV 1012
Performers
Mischa Maisky, cello
Programme notes
A Maisky Ritual
Listening to the Bach Cello Suites is one of those rituals we music lovers need to perform on a regular basis. That’s why we’ve invited Mischa Maisky back to round off the cycle he began with us two seasons ago.
In this second and final recital, he will perform Suites Nos. 2, 3 and 6, the last of which contains the wonderful Gigue movement that brings this landmark set of works to a close.
Biography Mischa Maisky
Mischa Maisky has the distinction of being the only cellist in the world who has studied with both Mstislav Rostropovich and Gregor Piatigorsky. He was born in Latvia and educated in Russia, and following his repatriation to Israel, Mischa has been enthusiastically welcomed in London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, New York and Tokyo.
As an exclusive artist with the Deutsche Grammophon for more than 30 years, he has made more than 35 recordings with the Vienna, Israel and Berlin Philharmonic orchestras, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchester de Paris, Orpheus and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, among others.
Maisky’s recordings have been critically acclaimed around the world and have been awarded five times by the prestigious Record Academy in Tokyo, three times by the Echo Deutscher Schallplattenpreis, Grand Prix du Disque in Paris and Golden Diapason of the Year, as well as coveted Grammy nominations.
Maisky is truly a world famous musician and a regular guest at most major international festivals. He has collaborated with such conductors as Leonard Bernstein, Carlos Maria Giulini, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Daniel Barenboim, James Levine, Charles Dutoit, Yuri Temirkanov, Mariss Jansons, Valery Gergiev, and Gustavo Dudamel, and their collaborations have included artists such as Martha Argerich, Radu Lupu, Nelson Freire, Evgeny Kissin, Itzhak Perlman, Lang Lang, Peter Serkin, Gidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet, Vadim Repin, Maxim Vengerov, Joshua Bell, Julian Rachlin, and Janine Jansen.