It is the organist Johannes Lang who will perform Johann Sebastian Bach's entire works for organ, during a live broadcast from the Thomaskyrkan in Leipzig. Bach himself was active in the Thomaskyrkan, from 1723 until his death in 1750.
Lang has had the idea for five years, since he played the organ for three hours straight during an open house and felt that it went fast. Then he wanted to try playing all of Bach's works.
"It takes almost a whole day, so when I contacted the TV producer about the idea, his first question was: 'How many organists have you thought of hiring?'", he says about the project in a press release.
But it will be only Lang who plays, in a broadcast divided into 14 different concerts. It starts in SVT Play on October 31, at 1 pm, with an episode of "Klassiska klubben", where the host Ella Petersson talks to Bach experts. There will also be conversations, discussions and interviews from Leipzig.
Corrected: In an earlier version of the text, the broadcast date was incorrect.
