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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.