D A V I D W O N G
a Hongkonger
Cellist & Cello Teacher based in London

E V E N T S
O C T
21
October 21, 2023
BACH: Music for cello solo
Belsize Community Library, London
J U L
14
July 14, 2023
BACH: Music for cello solo
St. Bride's Church, London
C O N T E M P L A T I O N
"The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality."
- Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy
R E V I E W S
On a performance of Bach's Fifth Cello Suites and Gabrielli's Ricercars
“A program of shadows – not their song, but their refusal to sing.
The staging of what might happen on a moonless, stale night, sleepless and unsettling.
All the while, the cellist’s bow wraps like a cocoon around the strings – tender, but solid and confident.
Gabrielli sounds immediately like the glassiness of the harpsichord.
In comparison, J.S. Bach sounds unassuming, willing to be vulnerable.
It’s a staging of solitude, a lack of belonging not as injury, but a withdrawal from reality.”
Y.Y.