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57 minutes Grades 7-12, College, Adult Directed by Kevin McMahon Produced by Niv Fichman, Rhombus Media DVD Purchase $79, Rent $45 US Release Date: 1998 Copyright Date: 1997 DVD ISBN: 1-93777-286-1 VHS ISBN: 1-56029-733-6 Subjects American Government Canadian Studies Garden Design Gardening Humanities Landscape Architecture Music Performing Arts Social Psychology Awards and Festivals Best Photography & Best Sound, Gemini Awards Best Documentary Cinematography, Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards Starred Review, Booklist Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital |
Yo-Yo Ma: Inspired by Bach Series The Music Garden Yo-Yo Ma with Julie Moir Messervy ![]() An exploration of Bach's music as interpreted through gardening.
The Music Garden is an exploration of music as interpreted through gardening on a grand scale. The film follows the efforts of Yo-Yo Ma and landscape designer Julie Moir Messervy to create a formal garden, based on J. S. Bach's Suite No. 1 for Unaccompanied Cello, in the center of Boston. Woven throughout this unusual enterprise is a performance of the suite by Yo-Yo Ma, accompanied by special effects that bring the dream of the garden to life. Other titles in the series are: The Sound of the Carceri with Piranesi - Yo-Yo Ma performs Bach in a virtual prison designed by Piranesi. Falling Down Stairs with Mark Morris - Bach's 3rd Suite for Cello interpreted through dance. Sarabande with Atom Egoyan - Feature film maker Atom Egoyan weaves a tale inspired by Bach's 4th Cello Suite. Struggle for Hope with Tamasaburo Bando - Kabuki actor Tamasaburo Bando interprets Bach. Six Gestures with Torvill and Dean - Ice dancers Torvill and Dean interpret Bach's Suite No. 6. Booklist "Ma...play(s) Bach in some stunningly photographed garden sequences." Variety "Bach (is) presented as many have long viewed him - as godly as nature itself" Toronto Life "Recommended" Video Librarian |