Bach - Air on the G string - Classical Music - 04.42 - Also known as 'Bach's Air for G string' or 'Air on a G String' for string and piano is Air from the Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 Written by Johann Sebastian Bach around 1717 to 1723 - Theme for Hamlet cigars advert and made an appearance in Procol Harum's 'A Whiter Shade of Pale'. Classical lullaby for children.