Bach Around the World

• 2000
• Music
• TVG

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Excerpts from concerts around the world marking the 250th anniversary of the death of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), taped on July 28, 2000 (the actual anniversary). Among the performers: Bobby McFerrin, violinist Viktoria Mullova, pianist Anner Bylsma, organist Ton Koopman, the German Brass, Leipzig's Gewandhaus Orchestra, and the St. Thomas Boys Choir of Leipzig, Germany, an ensemble for which Bach once served as choirmaster.