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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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J. S. Bach in Passau?

Wednesday, July 11, 2012



St. Stephen's Church in Passau, home to Europe's largest church pipe organ, is an impressive experience. While the estimable J.S. Bach had nothing to do with the town even though he wondered further from his ancestors' home than any Bach child ever did, his music certainly has arrived. Though it's impossible to find documentation of the first performance of any of Bach's pieces in Passau, it was no less thrilling listening to Bach's famous D-Minor Toccata and Fugue, BWV 565 on the great organ. I was especially thankful to Zack for showing up to share the experience while also amusingly discovering that we arrived in Passau on the same train not aware of each other's presence.

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