![]() ![]() Matthew Passion again for the first time in Berlin in 1829, and everyone was totally enthralled and fascinated by this complex yet evocative music," Michael Maul explains. "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy performed Bach's great St. In the19th century, people rediscovered Bach's vocal music. Matthew Passion." While Bach's piano and organ works continued to be cultivated by subsequent generations, his vocal works were all but forgotten publicly until the 19th century. It was also in Leipzig that Bach composed his "Christmas Oratorio" and his great "Passions," namely the "St. In 2023, these Leipzig cantatas will be sung in a separate cycle at the Bach Festival. What he considered as "utility music" is today described by many as "divine music" that inspires people worldwide. Consequently, he composed an average of one cantata per week, at least during his first year in office. Thomas' Boys Choir, he had to provide musical accompaniment for the masses on all Sundays and holidays. In May 1723, Bach then took up his post for life as "Thomaskantor" or music director at the St Thomas Church in Leipzig. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video ![]() In six concerts on "Bach's Roots," the works of his ancestors and his role models, such as Dietrich Buxtehude or Heinrich Schütz, will be heard at the upcoming Bach Festival. Later, Bach compiled the compositions of his ancestors and the works of composers who influenced him in the "Old Bach Archive." In it, Bach listed 53 family members, most of whom were active as church or court musicians. At the age of 10, Johann Sebastian Bach lost his parents and lived for several years with his older brother, Johann Christoph Bach (1671 to 1721), who was also an organist and taught him to play the piano. His cousin, Johann Christoph Bach (1642-1703), played as town organist in Eisenach and is said to have been a great role model for Johann Sebastian Bach. Johann Sebastian Bach's father, Johann Ambrosius Bach, was employed as a town piper, that is, as a town musician. Copy (after 1750) of the family tree of the Bach family after a lost original by Johann Sebastian Bach Image: Lehmstedt Verlag Of town pipers and organists In fact, this is also the theme of the Leipzig Bach Festival this year which bears the motto "Bach - We Are Family," which will feature choirs from all over the world and works by Johann Sebastian Bach's ancestors and descendants. "The Bach family invented the Bach festivals, so to speak," says Michael Maul. They met once a year for family musical celebrations. His relatives and ancestors were active in northern Germany and especially in the present-day states of Thuringia, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. Johann Sebastian Bach was born into a large musically inclined family. The Bach Archive Leipzig has just published a new complete edition of the works of the younger Bach. Thomas Boys Choir traditionally opens the Bach Festival, this time on June 9 with works by Bach himself and his son Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. In late 2021, Swiss conductor and church musician Andreas Reize took over from his predecessor Gotthold Schwarz as the church's 18th musical director after Bach. Andreas Reize, new Thomaskantor in Leipzig Image: Robert Richter Despite this long tradition, the successive number of cantors were only counted following Bach's death. With over 800 years of choral history, the choir is one of the oldest boys' choirs in Germany. Thomas Boys Choir, which had existed since 1212. Thomas Churcht for 27 years until his death, directing, among other things, the famous St. Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach in March 1685 and died in Leipzig in 1750, where he served as musical director at the St. "The Well-Tempered Clavier" is one of Bach's most famous instructional works and celebrates its 300th anniversary this year. "The Art of Fugue," played by Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov, and the "Well-Tempered Clavier," the first part of which will be interpreted by Hungarian pianist Andras Schiff, with the second part being played by Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt. ![]() This year's Leipzig Bach Festival will feature two of his major keyboard works. "He composed fugues and preludes in all keys that have fascinated generations of musicians and composers." "Bach is famous today for performing incredible miracles on the piano and organ," Bachfest artistic director Michael Maul told DW. ![]() The Baroque composer is known in music history as a master of polyphonic music. Johann Sebastian Bach is now considered one of the greatest classical composers of all time. ![]()
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