On a cold autumn morning in 1737, Count Keyserlingk sat in a wooden pew at St. Mary's church in Gdansk, Poland. The Count's friend and music adviser, Johann Sebatian Bach, had brought him there, promising a special treat. "What in the world do you expect to show me here?" asked the Count, shivering. "All I see is a drafty church with a few old parishioners." Bach pointed to the organ loft above. "There he is. I knew he would come.

This is what we have been waiting for." The Count looked up as a ten-year-old boy sat down in front of the organ.