Matt Haimovitz, Cello

Join us in a new and unique concert-going experience – unparalleled in the classical music world. Acclaimed cellist Matt Haimovitz offers a brilliant musical variation on the concept of A Moveable Feast. Bach’s Suites for Unaccompanied Cello are some of the most moving and spiritual compositions for a solo instrument. This concert, however, travels from one end of Rt. 9 to the other. On Sunday, he’ll begin the feast by performing three Bach suites in three separate locations around Hampshire County. Each suite will be accompanied by overtures, recently commissioned by Haimovitz. The feast culminates on Monday in Bowker Auditorium with a concert of the balance of the suites including overtures by Vijay Iyer, Mohammed Fairouz & Luna Pearl Woolf.

Sunday, March 6

12 p.m., Smith College Art Museum, Northampton, Free
Overture by Philip Glass, Bach Suite I in G Major

2 p.m., National Yiddish Book Center, Amherst, Free
Overture by Du Yun, Bach Suite II in d Minor

4 p.m., Esselon Café, Hadley, Free, but please purchase a beverage  Overture by Roberto Sierra, Bach Suite IV in E-flat Major

Monday, March 7 at 7:30 p.m., Bowker Auditorium

$30, $15; Five College, GCC and 17 & under $10 (Tickets by calling 413-545-2511 or 800-999-UMAS, or at fineartscenter.com)