Rebekah Wilhelm is a cellist from Dayton, Ohio. During her time in Dayton, she taught a private studio and was very active at Wright State University where she attended for two years. She then continued her studies at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio in cello performance. As an undergraduate, she won principal cellist of the University Symphony Orchestra and held the position of cellist in the Klinder Graduate String Quartet. Rebekah has performed in various masterclasses including Keith Lockhart, Joel Smirnoff, Laura Metcalf, Craig Hultgren and Adriana Cantino. Rebekah finished her Masters degree in cello performance at Butler University in 2019 under Dr. William Grubb. She has since hiked the 2,200 mile Appalachian Trail and is now residing in her Batesville, Indiana with her new husband and puppy.
Lovely playing and perfect tempo! I just recently started learning this (sounding nowhere nearly as nice as you though!). Is your version Tortelier (or maybe similar)? That's what I'm working from and I love the bowing and phrasing, so very musical. Great job, maybe I will post a video when I get half as good as yours haha! 👏
I came to say that your cello playing fits perfectly with the cool and deep way in which Nico originally sang this song. Someone (@sligon94) had already said it, but it bears saying again! Very enjoyable.
I am not sure if this beautiful post was inspired by Kevin Olusola’s cello-boxing version of this piece but it was a delight to hear it in its entirety and I’m grateful you have made this available so those who have heard Kevin’s rendition now have the option to hear the entire piece.
@@whitewillowstrings Yes, back somewhere around 2011 Kevin was a Pre-Med student at Yale and was contacted by Pentatonix because they needed a beatboxer for the group they were forming and competing in an upcomng NBC show (Sing-Off). Ultimately, Kevin answered the call and gave up his medical career to play with Pentatonix professionally. He has a number of Cello-boxing songs out there that I recommend you listen to because you are a cellist (Down and Renegade are two of his best) and an extraordinarily beautiful arrangement of Stay With Me (Sam Smith cover). Kevin uses looping quite a bit with his cello-boxing and you would be in a better position than most to appreciate what he is doing. The following link goes to a performance where Kevin plays an excerpt from the piece you just performed, then moves on to his final piece (Kevin’s Fifth). Load the video and move the slider over to 5:15 to hear the Bach piece followed by his finale, which is entirely incredible. I love the cello, it is my favorite stringed instrument because of its rich lower tones while keeping the ability to play in a mid-high register.
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i think the bridge is sitting a little bit to tge right, that can cause detonation problems and eve in sound. not wanting to be mean btw, sorry if you get offended
Beautiful instrument! Can hardly wait to hear you make more music with it. Side note; your fingers remind me of a friend of mine named Lora Jane. She has perfect fingers to play many instruments. That is meant as a appreciative compliment!
Haha thank you Barker! Lora can play all of the things she is so talented :) I may have the fingers to play many things but I can only do one at a time maybe because I am too critical of myself. I wish I could learn more instruments!!
Your happy Rebekah face, at the end was the perfect summation. Not only a beautiful instrument, but to my untrained ear it sounded wonderful as well. Thanks for an enlightening video!
@@whitewillowstrings My favs are the 1st and 6th - the way Jacqueline du Pre and Cicely Parnas do. And yours too:) eventhough, there's something to work on, I just love this timing and tempo that most likely is more close to the Bach's original - opposite to what many famous like Yo-Yuma, Wispelway, Pandolfo play just rushing somewhere P.S. Your recent "Save your tears" turned out to be incomparably better than the original song is, congrats (oo)
