![]() The story of Yo-Yo Ma’s journey to hear the seaforest anthem started on a cold winter’s night almost 4 months earlier, at the same home looking over False Bay in Cape Town. Either way, I feel overwhelmed and I wish I could grab my sunglasses. Perhaps it’s an emotional hangover from the morning’s earlier performance of My Amphibious Soul, a song that we spent months creating to invoke the spirit of the seaforest, the magical submarine kingdom that my friends and I have committed our lives to. Perhaps it’s the power of Bach – a symbol of the pinnacle of modern human culture. I am taken by surprise as tears start to roll from my eyes. Birds crowd together on a familiar rock in the distance and I am surrounded by some of my very best friends – people with whom I have shared such powerful experiences in nature, that the memories overwhelm me. What is surprising about this performance is that it’s taking place outside, at a private home on the very tip of Africa.Īs I watch Yo-Yo’s hands dancing up and down the strings of his cello, my eyes catch glimpses of kelp glistening on the ocean behind him. Yo-Yo Ma has been playing these suites since he was 4 years old and is on a world tour: The Bach Project. So says the world’s most famous classical musician as he takes up his bow and prepares to play a suite from one of Johann Sebastian Bach’s symphonies. ![]()
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