Bach Offering Audio will be available later today. 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).
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 ...