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"Poéme for Cello and Orchestra"

Season 1 Episode 1 | 5m 20s

Composed by Hiao-Tsiun Ma and played by his son, Yo-Yo Ma. This piece was written by the elder Ma, who was a violinist and teacher. He wrote it about Shanghai, a city across the bay from the town he grew up in (Ningbo) and which he’d visited many times.

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