Bach to Bach

The sublime Cello Suites of JS Bach, among the most affecting solo music ever written, are performed over two concerts at the National Gallery on Sunday 15 & 22 Feb @3pm. Taking up the bow will be former NSO principal William Butt, described by the Observer as 'a worthy successor to Rostropovich' for his 2004 recording of Britten's Cello Suites. Bach buffs will be in a bit of a quandary, as both concerts clash with the Orchestra of St Cecilia's Bach Cantatas series at St Ann's Dawson St, which runs every Sunday @3.30pm until 8th March. This is the second last year of OSC's mammoth ten-year project to perform all 200 of Bach's surviving Church Cantatas, most of which had never been performed here before.