march 6 - 8, 1998

photo: THE MUSIC GARDEN

In collaboration with Great Performers of Lincoln Center, the Film Society presents

PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST:
YO-YO MA
INSPIRED BY BACH

New York Premiere
The complete series of six one-hour films
exploring J.S. Bach's suites for solo cello

Tickets: $8.50
(available only through Walter Reade Theater
Box Office)

Program I
The Music Garden (Suite No. 1)
Yo-Yo Ma and garden designer Julie Moir Messervy;
Voice of the Carceri (Suite No. 2)
Yo-Yo Ma and Renaissance architect Giovanni Battist Piranesi
2 pm on Friday, March 6;
2 pm on Saturday, March 7;
2 pm on Sunday, March 8

Program II
Falling Downstairs (Suite No. 3)
Yo-Yo Ma and Mark Morris Dance Group;
Sarabande (Suite No. 4)
Yo-Yo Ma and writer/film director Atom Egoyan
5 pm on Friday, March 6;
5 pm on Saturday, March 7;
5 pm on Sunday, March 8

Program III
Struggle for Hope (Suite No. 5)
Yo-Yo Ma and Japan’s leading Kabuki artist Tamasaburo Bando;
Six Gestures (Suite No. 6)
Yo-Yo Ma and champion skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean
8 pm on Friday, March 6;
8 pm on Saturday, March 7;
8 pm on Sunday, March 8