Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cellist

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Vikki Stone focuses on the cello, one of the themes of this year's BBC Proms season. 

Episode 104 playlistJ. S. Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: Prélude — Performed by Yo -Yo MaAnonymous: Song of the Birds - Performed by Sheku Kanneh-Mason & CBSO CellosFrancesco Gasparini: Cantate da camera a voce sola, Op 1 — Performed by Roberta Invernizzi, Auser Mu ...  Show more

Cello players Peter Gregson, Dobrawa Czocher, Dom La Nena and Sebastian Plano discuss working with new collaborators, overcoming creative blocks, and how to define success.Peter Gregson took up cello at age four after seeing James Bond sled down a mountainside on a cello case in ...  Show more