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From July 1 to July 27, Hilde Binford and colleagues will present “Johann Sebastian Bach: Currents and Cross-Currents in the Baroque Era and in Our Time,” a National Endowment for the Humanities project whose purpose is to provide an understanding of the intellectual and musical worlds of J. S. Bach. School teachers from a wide variety of disciplines will travel with Dr. Binford, Louise Forsyth, and other experts to Eisenach, Leipzig, and Potsdam, Germany, for an intensive experience of lectures, performances, discussions and field trips. Follow along as the group explores the life and works one of the great geniuses of Western music.

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Farewell Luther Theme Dinner and Organ Concert

Thursday, July 3, 2008



Today is our last day in Eisenach, the city of Bach's birth. After spending the morning watching films which featured his music, we went to the organ concert at the Georgenkirche across the street from our hotel. The concert included two Bach pieces and a Mendelssohn piece. The group broke up in the afternoon. Many revisited the BachHaus, others went to the Luther House, the SPD museum (Social Democratic Party, founded in Eisenach in 1869), the auto museum (which chronicled every vehicle made in the Eisenach area since the 1920s to present day), the Wartburg Castle (boy, those guys are looking for pain), and the Stadtsschloss Museum (containing porcelain and the Schloss apothecary).

The day ended with the "Luther Theme Dinner," which included soup, veal goulash, and ice cream with berries. Kate toasted the directors and Moravian College. Everyone enjoyed the letter from Christopher Thomforde (president of Moravian College) which recounted his early experiences with Bach in Eisenach.

Faculty: Drs. Hilde Binford and Diane Husic   /   0 comments