Bach’s Long Walk to Lübeck
Thursday, January 21 at 7pm PST
Anne Laver, organ
In November of 1705, the twenty-year-old Johann Sebastian Bach was granted leave from his post at Arnstadt to journey some 200 miles to Lübeck in order to “learn one thing and another about his art” from famed organist Dieterich Buxtehude. Upon his return four months later, Bach was reproved by the Arnstadt consistory for staying away too long!
Bach must have been fascinated by what he saw and heard in the north,
and he seems to have been inspired to use northern idioms in his own works.
Organist Anne Laver will lead a lecture recital exploring Bach’s interest in the genres and styles of Northern Germany and some of the parallels between his early works and those of Buxtehude and George Böhm. Laver will share video recordings of her performances of Bach, Buxtehude, and Böhm on the Holtkamp organ at Syracuse University and the 18th-century style Craighead-Saunders organ at Christ Church, Rochester, NY.
Thursday, January 21 at 7pm PST
Anne Laver, organ
In November of 1705, the twenty-year-old Johann Sebastian Bach was granted leave from his post at Arnstadt to journey some 200 miles to Lübeck in order to “learn one thing and another about his art” from famed organist Dieterich Buxtehude. Upon his return four months later, Bach was reproved by the Arnstadt consistory for staying away too long!
Bach must have been fascinated by what he saw and heard in the north,
and he seems to have been inspired to use northern idioms in his own works.
Organist Anne Laver will lead a lecture recital exploring Bach’s interest in the genres and styles of Northern Germany and some of the parallels between his early works and those of Buxtehude and George Böhm. Laver will share video recordings of her performances of Bach, Buxtehude, and Böhm on the Holtkamp organ at Syracuse University and the 18th-century style Craighead-Saunders organ at Christ Church, Rochester, NY.