Bach Cello Suites at Christmas

A Christmas concert built around Johann Sebastian Bach's cello suites, given at Edinburgh New Town Church. The programme draws on one of the core solo works in the classical repertoire.

Johann Sebastian Bach's six suites for unaccompanied cello, composed in the early eighteenth century, form one of the central bodies of work in the solo cello repertoire. Each suite moves through a sequence of dance-based movements, from the opening prelude to the closing gigue, and the set remains widely performed and recorded today.

This concert takes its title from that repertoire, presenting Bach's cello music in a seasonal programme at Edinburgh New Town Church, a venue that hosts concerts and shows in the city. Because the suites are scored for a single instrument, the music is heard in its original, unaccompanied form.

The evening suits listeners drawn to Baroque solo instrumental music and those looking for a Christmas-themed concert in Edinburgh.