Among the most notable of his more than 150 recordings, the Bach Suites for Solo Cello won a Grammy Award in 1998.

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And, it turns out, of building a rather nice recital venue too, the perfect space for a concert of Bach solo cello music, accompanied by some spectacular views of the Norwegian coastline.

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But here, as with a segment called "Riffs on Agon" (which took inspirations of movement and music from Igor Stravinsky's "Agon, " a 1957 ballet by George Balanchine) and with the world premiere of "Orbit" (a composition for solo cello by Philip Glass), Lil Buck looked somewhat constrained held back by efforts based more on set choreography than improvisation.

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Set to excerpts from Johann Sebastian Bach's "Solo Suites for Cello, " the dance features what Mr. Taylor sometimes calls his "scribbles" of movement, as the cast's five women and three men ride wildly or serenely into, over and through Bach's sonorous accompaniment.

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