Paul Jacobs and students

On November 22, 2014, Paul Jacobs (shown front row, third from left) and his current and former students from Juilliard presented the complete organ works of J. S. Bach in an 18-hour marathon concert (New York City’s first) at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Manhattan, presented by the country’s largest classical radio station, WQXR.

The event began at 7 a.m. and continued through 1 a.m. the following morning; many of the time slots sold out, and a line of people had to be turned away at the door. Footage from the event can be viewed at tinyurl.com/q9qgbmo; Paul Elie’s commentary in The New Yorker can be read at tinyurl.com/pwofvbs.