King's Singers

Violin: Anthony, Adele

Violin: Shaham, Gil

Flute: Stivin, Jiri

Saxophone: Stivin, Jiri

German Brass

Jacques Loussier Trio

Quintessence Saxophone Quintet

Turtle Island String Quartet

Vocals: McFerrin, Bobby

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Violin: Anthony, Adele

Violin: Shaham, Gil

Flute: Stivin, Jiri

Collegium Quodlibet

Gansch, Christian

Vocals: McFerrin, Bobby

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Venue: Marktplatz, Liepzig

Date of Concert: 28-07-2000

Overture (Suite) No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066

Fugue No. 5 in D major, BWV 850 (arr. by J. Loussier)

Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043

Violin: Anthony, Adele

Violin: Shaham, Gil

Violin: Anthony, Adele

Violin: Shaham, Gil

Overture (Suite) No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068

McFerrin, Bobby

Toccata and fugue in D minor, BWV 565

Keyboard Concerto in D major, BWV 972 (arr. of Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in D major, RV 230) (arr. for brass ensemble)

Fudge Fugue in G minor (after Bach's Fugue in G minor, BWV 578)

Bach - Bach's Lunch

Variations on Winter

Deconstructing Johann

Improvisation on Bach's Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645

McFerrin, Bobby

Overture (Suite) No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (arr. by J. Loussier)

Toccata and Funk and Choral in D minor (after Bach's Toccata in D minor, BWV 565)

Seven Steps to Bach

Overture (Suite) No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067

Recorder: Stivin, Jiri

Bach Medley

Recorder: Stivin, Jiri

Improvisation 1

McFerrin, Bobby

Improvisation 2 (on themes by Bach)

McFerrin, Bobby

Imrpovisation on Bach / Gounod's Ave Maria

McFerrin, Bobby

Improvisation on Bach's Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056: II. Largo

McFerrin, Bobby

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048 (arr. for brass ensemble)

Keyboard Concerto in D major, BWV 1054 (arr. by J. Loussier)

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Producer: Smaczny, Paul

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Catalogue Number: EuroArts5040

UPC: 880242504067

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Bach meets Jazz! International musicians from the world of jazz and classical music assembled in the marketplace in Leipzig to celebrate the great master. The line up of performers could hardly be surpassed - it includes world-famous musicians from both genres, including Bobby McFerrin, the Jacques Loussier Trio, the King's Singers, Gil Shaham, the Turtle Island String Quartet and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, all of whom joined forces on this memorable day ?EUR" exactly 250 years after the death of Johann Sebastian Bach in the city where he lived and composed some of his major works as St. Thomas Cantor. Bach's music is presented in the two-hour recording as extravagant arrangements of the composer's hits, and the concert took place under the motto that the music of Bach "is still vital, is still contemporary, and is still very much universal." It proves its point resoundingly in one of the most enjoyable crossover programmes ever recorded.