Yo-Yo Ma plays Appalachia Waltz

In November 2019, Yo-Yo Ma visited Australia for the first time. As well as giving sold-out performances of the Bach Cello Suites, he organised public performances and discussions in Sydney and Melbourne.
Here he plays Appalachia Waltz as part of the Sydney "Day of Action", which included a panel discussion with Indigenous artists.
Ma was touring Australia as part of his Bach Project, and the event was hosted by Urban Theatre Projects at Barangaroo.
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[@zuzannawisniewska4464]

I can't stop listening to this, I love it so much. Thank you Maestro Yo Yo Ma ....from Fort Worth, Texas

[@zuzannawisniewska4464]

Dear Yo Yo Ma, there, is not enough words to say thank you for your work. Wonderful! Yo Yo Ma plays so beautifully .....from Fort Worth, Texas

[@susanneortega9576]

As you begun to play the not only the strings of the cello but my heart strings were stirred and tears welled up in eyes, how sweet the strings of a cello.

[@RuAfraidOfTheClark]

🤣

[@crotalusatrox7931]

If you ever sat along the Chimney Tops, walked the trails, the springs, the rivers, seen Cades Cove, well you know. Yo-Yo Ma, such a musician, you touch my soul.

[@zuzannawisniewska4464]

It is simply amazing. I can click a button and Yo Yo Ma plays like in my living room...

[@haroldishoy2113]

I could see this played as the first dance between a newlywed couple following the marriage ceremony.

[@annab5734]

Oh I can see in my mind the fog rising from the Smoky mountains after a hard rain.

[@crotalusatrox7931]

Yes me too Ethereal.

[@Teresa7087]

Oh yes!

[@user-pj1uy3zx7h]

Yes. I bought the CD about 20 years ago and gave it as a gift to someone who had so much money, I didn't know what to give but this music. ♥️

[@user-pj1uy3zx7h]

I listen to yoyo ma at least twice per week. My cousin Kyle Dillingham is a violinist who performed in many countries, and has his own bluegrass and classical music in Oklahoma and abroad called Horseshoe Road. I come from a musical family. My mother was a pianist who played by music sheets and by ear. She also accomplished organ: simple and multiple keyboards. She wrote music and accompanied many young amateur musicians competing in the famous, annual Tri-State Music Festival. I love Yoyo Ma!

[@lookierebuddy2]

Wow. I must learn this song. Haunting. Rich. Elegant.

[@AlamoCityCello]

Yo-Yo plays so beautifully. Inspired!

[@shoshannafachima1306]

One can hear the Celtic influence immediately Beautiful.i feel the old world music of Ireland, Scotland with great forests and heath's,grasses waving in the gentle breezes that caresses the inner most parts of the soul

[@crotalusatrox7931]

But in the end Truly Appalachian.

[@jimduffy8601]

Written by Seattle kid. Mark O'Conner. Who grew up in the suburbs of Mountlake Terrace. Once of the finest musicians to ever touch a stringed instrument.

[@michaelhull1813]

From the first note, I was with my mountains and valleys, rivers and creeks, the fog in the morning, the frogs in the evening, and the whip-o-wills at night. The Dogwoods and Tulip Poplars, the old barns of Oak and Pine, the dirt roads and sweetgrass. I could see my Grandma, and smell the biscuits. I could hear the chickens, and taste the molasses. I am Appalachia. This is my Waltz.

[@highphlyer]

I am with you...

[@volvacations2186]

Could not have said it better. I plan on having this played at my funeral.

[@joellepodwysocki9558]

très beau se que vous nous racontai, là nature , j'imagine le panorama et je gouterai a vos biscuits … bravo très bien écrit.

[@johndaker9489]

Extremely profound words, very moving.

[@crotalusatrox7931]

So true, and if you walked with my ole Major Professor on the Wildflower Pilmarage you'd have truly be blessed. He still lives near Gatlinburg, Bless Dr. R. Dale Thomas.

[@kimrain6522]

Wow, so smooth. Yo-Yo Ma making very masterful music.

[@NanaTee4770]

As soon as that first note hit,I heard my ancestors in these hills of NC calling me. You sir are a musical genius. You are welcome back to our hills anytime! God bless!

[@zuzannawisniewska4464]

He is number one in the world!

[@sarahpotts1200]

I love the soul of Yo- Yo Ma. He does not play music but the voice of God to bring every living thing together in harmony. I would worship at his temple. He stirs my soul with his mind and melody. This man is an angel and his wings were made by Stradivarius . Please world, protect this TIANSHI . ❤

[@jane4835]

I stopped watching the presidential debate and turned to this beautiful music. Need this balm of the soul for healing. Thank you Yo Yo Ma🙏☮️ 09/29/20

[@jerodast]

And now I'm browsing Yo Yo Ma videos after hearing him at the Presidential Inauguration :) Beautiful piece - feels very far away from presidential or political anything, which is a nice change.

[@marialuisadudet2082]

Beautiful

[@benjamMin278]

Wonderful .

[@dizzyd254]

Beautiful what else is there to say , reminds me there is a beautiful world out there that you can tap into through music and experience those places without having had the joy of actually being there.

[@jameslundy8951]

Yoyo, you are just so brilliant! What a technique!

[@Teresa7087]

The Appalachians- one of the oldest mountain ranges in the world!

[@palm6007]

Thank you for sharing

[@elizabethcole15]

So glad i found it! :)

[@peterhammond7943]

Funny how the album Appalachian Journey lead me to Yo-Yo, which then lead me to Bach.

[@antyzhang2203]

Yes Yo Yo is a great musician, he plays Bach and play lots of other music as well, but whatever he plays will go straight into people's hearts.

[@crotalusatrox7931]

Welcome to the Fold! Bach, I was into Bach in the 1960's but it lead me to YoYo ma. Good comparision.

[@susanesquer1520]

Beautiful! (no other words are needed.) 23 June 23

[@MarionFiedlerMusic]

Man this is beautiful. I literally feel like in the Appalachians. And the way he plays it reminds of them good ol Appalachian instruments..

[@jefferynettesheim3195]

❤🌿

[@yaryardank8357]

3:31 we’ve all been there

[@chrisonthecourse4247]

just adds more genuine humanity and musical purity haha

[@sammywestenberger9303]

James Horner Isolated Score Yo Yo Ma

[@LOVELYCELLO]

what that mean?

[@sammywestenberger9303]

I Don’t Know 🤷‍♂️

[@LOVELYCELLO]

@@sammywestenberger9303 you didn't know what you are saying?..hahah

[@sammywestenberger9303]

Yeah

[@lawrencehaw8780]

What a stunningly clear and heart felt performance! Full of overtones and harmonics!

[@glenysmckinnon7534]

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