Bobby McFerrin - "Ave Maria", Vocal Improvisation Combining J. S. Bach and Franz Schubert | 24/24

Part 2 of Bobby McFerrin’s improvisational vocal performance. It combines famous pieces of music, connected by the title “Ave Maria“: Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Prelude No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846“ from “The Well-Tempered Clavier“ (the foundation for Charles Gounod’s “Méditation sur le premier Prélude“ known as “Ave Maria“) and Franz Schubert’s “Ellens dritter Gesang“, D. 839, Op. 52, No. 6, 1825. The performance was a part of the Swinging Bach event. Watch the full improvisation performance: Watch the full event: Subscribe to EuroArts: Swinging Bach was an open-air late-night event that took place on July 28 2000 in the wonderful atmosphere of the Leipzig marketplace in Germany with international guests from the spheres of classical, jazz, and rock music who interpreted Bach in their very own individual ways.