BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 52: Bach Day - Jian Wang

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Christopher Cook. Chinese cellist Jian Wang takes centre stage for the first three of Bach;s six solo cello suites. Works of considerable technical accomplishment as well as intellectual and spiritual nourishment, Jian Wang comments that 'Bach's music has a lot of qualities that appeal to the Chinese philosophy of life: to be humble, to wish but not desire, to love but not own.' Jian Wang (cello) Bach: Suites for solo cello: No 1 in G; No 2 in D minor; No 3 in C.