Category: Workshops

“I’m too Baroque for the modern people and too modern for the Baroque people,” says cellist Robert Howard, who has played regularly with both Philharmonia Baroque and San Francisco Symphony, as well as many other ensembles from the Bay Area to Lincoln Center and beyond.

Robert will join us on March 15 to share Bach’s 5th cello suite in our second session of Six Suites in Six Weeks.

Robert’s longtime interest in period instrument performance has informed his playing in many ways, even when he’s playing on modern equipment. By learning how to use the Baroque bow and learning the responsiveness of gut strings, he came to realize how much it’s all about sound quality. “Once you know how it works you can emulate that on any equipment.”

Robert joined AMN founder Lolly Lewis for a Zoom interview recently where he shared his enthusiasm and deep respect for Bach, and he reflected on how Bach sustained him through the pandemic. Take a look and then join us on May 15!

AMN’s Six Suites in Six Weeks series will kick off with Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1 and noted soloist Oliver Herbert. This charismatic young artist is taking the world by storm! 

It’s AMN’s great good fortune that Oliver can be in San Francisco on March 8 to bring us his own personal take on the first suite. He has performed all the suites, and coincidentally just performed No. 1 recently at the Lied Center in Lawrence, Kansas. So he’s ready to get into the nuts and bolts of his approach with us at the workshop.

Oliver met with AMN founder Lolly Lewis via Zoom recently, and they talked about his affection for this music and how he has been working to explore it so deeply. Take a look and then join us on May 8!