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Yo Yo Ma & Emanuel Ax play Tanglewood / MassLive

Cellist Yo Yo Ma has performed at presidential inaugurations, on the Oscars, been a punch line in several jokes on "Seinfeld" and has received rave reviews for decades.

Pianist Emanuel Ax has won numerous awards, recorded several Grammy-winning albums with Ma and was the celebrity guest on NPR's "Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me" quiz to answer silly questions about AXE Body Spray.

But none of that mattered two hours before Sunday night's concert in the Shed at Tanglewood. There they were, two longtime friends, practicing together on stage. Watching them from the grounds of Tanglewood, they seemed completely unaware of the devoted fans lining the ropes near the back of the Shed. All that seemed to matter to them was getting the music just right for night portion of a star-studded doubleheader that day at Tanglewood. Earlier Sunday afternoon, violinist Joshua Bell performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.  READ THE FILL MassLive REVIEW