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Suites for a suffering world

Author: EuroArts Music International

A moving musical and visual plea for greater care and humility toward the beauty of our planet.

  • Suites for a suffering world | Copyright: © Apollofilm

    Suites for a suffering world © Apollofilm

  • Suites for a suffering world | Copyright: © Suites for a suffering world

    Suites for a suffering world © Suites for a suffering world

  • Suites for a suffering world | Copyright: © Suites for a suffering world

    Suites for a suffering world © Suites for a suffering world

The German cellist Tanja Tetzlaff performs J.S. Bach’s Cello Suites Nos. 4 and 5 amid natural surroundings devastated by climate change. Beauty confronts its own destruction. Do we really want to watch without lifting a finger?

Melting glaciers, desertified landscapes, flooded communities: climate change is having an alarming impact even in Europe. What are we humans doing to this wonderful planet? Aghast at the depredation and destruction of our unique ecosystems, the renowned German cellist Tanja Tetzlaff wants to ask Nature for forgiveness. She travels with her instrument to places in Europe where climate change has already become reality and visibly dealt severe wounds. Surrounded by sometimes bizarre scenery, she performs Johann Sebastian Bach’s Cello Suites Nos. 4 and 5, contrasting them with works specially composed for her by Thorsten Encke. She levels accusations, stokes resistance, and touches us with her virtuoso playing. The beauty of the music stands in sharp contrast to the often-dramatic images of damaged Nature, combatting the finality of destruction. A moving musical and visual plea for greater care and humility toward the beauty of our planet – at once ravishing and disturbing.

Original title Suiten für eine verwundete Welt
Genre Concert Film
Production year 2023
Duration 55'
Video format 4K/UHD
Production Company Apollofilm in coproduction with Libelo Productions
TV Director Stéphan Aubé
Soloist Tanja Tetzlaff, cello
English title of music work J.S. Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 4 and 5

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