Using the hashtag #SongsOfComfort, the acclaimed musician has been tweeting out recordings of himself playing the cello, hoping to bring joy to those on the frontlines of fighting the coronavirus pandemic and to those who are staying at home.
“In these days of anxiety, I wanted to find a way to continue to share some of the music that gives me comfort,” he tweeted. One of the pieces he posted on Twitter, the Sarabande from Bach’s Cello Suite No. 3., is meant for all the health workers who are “really putting themselves in harm's way and exposing themselves to great dangers.”For some, Ma’s #SongsOfComfort could be piercing. For others, it may be comforting, he says, such as the “Tree Tree Tree” song, which heThe idea for #SongsOfComfort sparked from asking what he could do for others.
“It's really an invitation for everybody to join in because we now do have social media as a medium to give comfort,” he says. “This is what we can do for one another and be more communal.”an elderly neighbor who was self-isolating“Those impulses are so great because these are not transactions. They are gifts and they are freely offered because people are responding to need,” Ma says. “It has no economic bearing. And yet they're incredibly meaningful, invaluable.
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