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  The Following series are uniquely designed for music lovers who wish to enhance their musical experience. Each concert is marbled with enlightening commentary, enriching the audience insight into this great cello repertoire.  
     
  From Bach to Brahms:
 
  This ground-breaking series offers a rare opportunity to hear entire splendors of the cello repertoire under one roof. Featured here are complete sets of eternal works of wonder: the complete cello works by Bach, Beethoven and Brahms.
Each concert is preceded by an illustrated lecture designed to enhance the audience appreciation of this unique musical experience. Presented in an informal, friendly atmosphere, these enlightening lectures provide insight into this magnificent repertoire, and increase the audience’s delight and enjoyment.


 
     
  Musical Bridges Around the World: National Diversity in Cello Music
 
  Anger and tenderness, love and hate, violent storms and naïve calmness: many in the late Romantic era and beyond were expressing only their human soul in music. It was within that soul that composers found their true national heritage, indeed an inseparable part of their human, personal identity. Enter the folk culture as the queen of hearts in the scene of art music.  
     
  Romantic Music for Cello
 
  The romantics had a passionate love affair with the cello. Love at first sight, as the cello elevated the romantic spirit to immeasurable heights, or dragged it to profound emotional depth. Within its four strings and carved body, the cello was bursting at the seams as it contained the breath of romantic life itself.