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Beethovenfest

DW staff (kjb)September 10, 2007

JS Bach's orchestral suites are collections of five to seven shorter dance-like compositions.

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Cairo Conservatory of Music Orchestra
Cairo Conservatory of Music OrchestraImage: Barbara Frommann

The second movement of the D Major suite, the Air, gained in popularity when 19th century German violinist August Wilhelmj arranged the piece for solo violin. His version is known as Air on a G String.

The Cairo Conservatory of Music Orchestra performed Bach's Air from the D Major Suite under the direction of Ivan Filev as part of the 2007 Beethovenfest.

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The Cairo Conservatory of Music Orchestra, Conducted by Ivan Filev, Performs the Air From Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major (MP3, 7:04)

englisch: (2) Air - Produziert: 10.09.2007 - 11:25:44 von Bach, Johann Sebastian
September 10, 200707:04 min
Der Dirigent Kurt Masur, aufgenommen am Dienstag (08.04.2008) während einer Probe in der Beethovenhalle in Bonn. Masur war viele Jahre Gewandhauskapellmeister in Leipzig. Von 1991 bis 2002 wirkte er zudem als Chefdirigent des New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Von 2000 bis 2007 war er Musikdirektor des London Philharmonic Orchestra. Seit 2002 hat Masur die musikalische Leitung des Orchestre National de France in Paris inne. Foto: Felix Heyder dpa/lnw +++(c) dpa - Report+++

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