British cellist Guy Johnston plays the prelude from Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007 in the chapel of King’s College, Cambridge. His cello was built in Rome in 1714 by David Tecchler and is the subject of an ongoing project begun in 2014 by Johnston to celebrate the instrument’s 300th birthday.
Guy Johnston plays Bach in King's College Chapel on a 1714 cello by David Tecchler
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