From a concert by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, we hear the "Ricercare" (ree-cher-CAR-ay) from the Musical Offering, by J.S. Bach (1685-1750). Jeffrey Kahane conducts.

Musikalisches Opfer, 'Musical Offering' Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Konstantin Lifschitz, Piano Preludes and Fugues, Movements: Prelude and Fugue in E flat, BWV552 (from Clavier-I) Johann ...

In 1747, Johann Sebastian Bach improvised a complex fugue, based on a theme given to him on the spot by King Frederick the Great of Prussia. Bach took the theme home, and expanded it into his "Musical ...