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Bach Year: Bach the Cosmopolitan

on BBC Radio 3

Bach never ventured out of northern Germany, yet his music reveals a composer intimate with styles from all over Europe. Simon Preston introduces a selection of Bach's organ works which display his cosmopolitan tastes, and demonstrates how performers can emphasise the variety of his musical styles.

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