Johann Sebastian Bach’s birthday is either March 21 or 31, depending on who you ask. In this birthday season of the composer, enjoy performances of his music from the comfort of your home.

Karl Richter directs the Münchener Bach Orchester from the keyboard in this well-produced performance of the third Brandenburg Concerto. Performance Today described these concerti as a musical milestone of the milennium.

Singer Bobby McFerrin often brings his jazz vocal style to JS Bach’s music. Here one of the composer’s melodies grounds an extended improvisation. Hear more from McFerrin about Bach’s music, in the Bach Project.

Surely the “scariest” of all of Bach’s compositions (though not at all written to be frightening), the Toccata and Fugue in D minor has taken on a variety of transcriptions from its original organ version. Here it’s performed by Canadian Brass.

Nashville’s own Béla Fleck often brings Bach to his banjo, but this movement of the Christmas Oratorio performed by the Flecktones is a delightful surprise for any time of year. This is one part of a much longer piece—a set of six oratorios for the whole Christmas season. WRTI discussed the piece with Temple University professor Stephen Zohn.

Music by Bach has been a favorite of choreographers for a century. Paul Taylor frequently made use of it, such as in this piece Esplanade, which features the Violin Concerto in E Major. Find out more about the piece with contemporary arts center, Jacob’s Pillow.

In a marathon three-hour performance for the 2015 BBC Proms cellist Yo Yo Ma performed the entire set of Cello Suites. Ma has performed the suites quite a bit in recent years, in an effort to spread good will through music.

Hear even more music by Johann Sebastian Bach in 91Classical’s daily on-air playlist.