HAPPY INTERNATIONAL CELLO DAY!

[Hat tip to George Kelley, who has provided me with  more Yo Yo Ma recordings that can fit into a single day.]

"Concertino No. 3 in A Major" by Jean-Baptiste Breval   Seven-year-old Yo-Yo Ma's debut performance for Presidents John F. Kennedy and Dwight D. Eisenhower on November 29, 1962, accompanied by his eleven-year-old sister, Yeuog-Cheng Ma, on the piano.  The pair are introduced by Leonard Bernstein.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiwkBFR6rW0

"Carnival of the Animals: XIII.  The Swan"  by Camille Saint-Saens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afIIY1elpBM

"Libertango" by Astor Piazzolla

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31C1Des-XuY

"Cello Suite No. 1 in G Minor, Prelude" by Bach

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1prweT95Mo0

"Ave Maria" by Charles Gounad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUMZr6wc8Rc

"Here Comes the Sun" (with James Taylor)  by George Harrison 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgO7BqAeeYk

"Amazing Grace/Going Home"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skqh_x9wsr0

"Build  a House"" (with Rhiannon Giddens)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uiUHvET_jg

NPR Tiny Desk Concert:  Bach's "Prelude for Suite No.1," Sarabande from Suite No. 5," and "Gigue from Suite No. 3"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uiUHvET_jg

"Over the Rainbow" (with Kathryn Stott)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03GpPfOsFkQ

"Peace and Quiet"  by Fred Rogers (yes, that Fred Rogers)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf1P_AX0h2Q&list=PLa2Nqyzs2skkBQLO5B95e527SM_lNyHdp

"Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv2NF6lxnuY

"The Wexford Carol" (with Allison Kraus)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxDZjg_Igoc

"Everyday People"  Yo-Yo Ma joins a galaxy of talent for this Playing for Change recording.  Whenever the day's news get me down -- which is pretty often -- I tune into this.  You're welcome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g4UWvcZn5U