Pau Casals: Bach Cello Solo BWV 1007

(written by win081, June 10, 2011) In August 1954, at age of 77 Pau Casals (18761973) performed Bach s GMajor Cello Solo at Abbaye SaintMicheldeCuxa, a Catholic monastery located south of the small border town Prades in France (Catalonia of Spain is on the other side of border). Pau Casals settled in Prades in earlier 1940 s after the Spanish civil war in 1930 s, and he came back to Prada as the conductor and cellist at Prades Festival in 1950 s. A small museum in Prades is dedicated to the memory