Bach Cello Suites by Candlelight at St Paul's Covent Garden

A candlelit performance of Bach's first three Cello Suites, played by the cellist Wallis Power in St Paul's Church on Bedford Street, Covent Garden. The programme is part of the Candlelight series of concerts.

The programme presents Johann Sebastian Bach's Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor and Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, works written for solo cello. The performance is given by Wallis Power, who takes the stage alone with the instrument, so the evening follows the suites in sequence from the graceful opening of the first to the darker passages of the second and the more settled character of the third.

The concert takes place at St Paul's Church, a church on Bedford Street in Covent Garden, London, which mainly hosts concerts, including candlelit performances. The nave is lit by candles, and the setting is the defining feature of the Candlelight format.

The evening suits listeners who want to hear Bach's unaccompanied cello music in a church setting. It is classical music, and the programme is built entirely from these three suites.