the well tempered clavier

 

yo yo ma

 yo-yo ma. what a boss. here explaining what forty years of playing a piece feels like. not unlike him i've been playing music now for nearly the same period. except badly. so, so badly. and yet, now, i've never enjoyed it so much. it is worthwhile to have some music in your life, get in the routine of daily practice. ir anything creative. don't talk about it, just do it..... 

bach cello suite

 

lovely to watch someone else's hands not mash this up like i do!

aria from goldberg variations

simone dinnerstein

hopkinson smith

glenn gould

eliot fisk and paco pena

more from the npr tiny desk series. if you can't find something on here that you like you need to do some serious thinking! this fills me full of joy and makes me want to give away all my stringed instruments at the same time!