Going viral: Bach on a mouth-organ

Going viral: Bach on a mouth-organ

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norman lebrecht

October 07, 2014

Post by John Turville

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John Turville writes: Of the things you expect on London Underground, one of them is probably not Bach’s violin concerto played on a mouth organ. This is why this is the best city in the world.

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Comments

  • Nick says:

    Amazing breath control. Presumably he must be using circular breathing.

  • Adam Spiers says:

    See also http://youtu.be/H7ALNuiicsc and http://youtu.be/AzY_KZTSXJk?t=7s for more videos of this amazing talent!

  • Philip Achille says:

    Ah this is me playing! I have been humbled by everyone’s kind words, thank you all so much. I’ve been inspired to start a kickstarter to record some albums:
    http://www.harmonicakickstarter.com
    Hopefully I can bring the harmonica to an even larger audience.
    Thanks so much again everyone

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