Relocation To Leipzig!
Monday, July 5, 2010
The Bach For Teachers participants have been on the move lately, after Thursday morning’s session on the use of J.S. Bach’s music in films through the twentieth century. We had off on Friday for a three day weekend, and we scattered ourselves to the four winds, taking trains and rented cars to various cities including Paris, Munich, Erfurt, Amsterdam, Baden-Baden, Dresden, Leipzig, and other locations in across the countries of Germany, the Netherlands, France, Poland and Switzerland.
 Now the program has relocated to the cultural center of the Saxony region, Leipzig, where we met up with Dr. Michael Marissen, who is leading the lectures this whole week. The lecture series follows a wide range of topics, and are expanding the participants perspective on the music of Bach. They also have been experiencing the culture and many activities of this much larger city.
 This afternoon (after various crusades for lunch!) we attended a tour of downtown Leipzig, stopping at various monuments and historic buildings, including the Mendelssohn House, the St. Nicholas Church and the St. Thomas Church. The latter being the church where J.S. Bach worked during his lifetime. Our tours ended with an organ examination recital there, consisting of works by Buxtaude, J.S. Bach, Max Meyer, and Oliver Messiassan.
 Many of the group has decided to go to bed early to rest their tired feet and to wait for tomorrow’s festivities (and another chance to discuss Bach with Michael Marissen!)
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