Tuesday 17 July 2012 8:00 pm
Musicalisch-Bachische Familie
Johann Bach: Unser Leben ist ein Schatten
Johann Michael Bach: Das Blut Jesu Christi
Johann Christoph Bach: Fürchte dich nicht
Johann Sebastian Bach: Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn, BWV Anh. 159
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Zwei Motetten, Wq 208
Johann Sebastian Bach: Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
Johann Sebastian Bach: Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227
To escape religious persecution, Bach’s great-great-grandfather, the Hungarian master baker Vitus Bach, fled to Thuringia, where he settled down. One generation of Bachs followed the other until Johann Sebastian Bach was born. Bach’s first father-in-law, Johann Michael Bach and his uncle Johann Christoph Bach, as well as all of his sons – with the exception of Johann Christian, who was Catholic – wrote Lutheran church music. That the members of his family were all born musicians was a source of life-long pride for Bach. Come explore this family history with us, a family history written in motets.
We are offering a shuttle bus service to this concert. The price is EUR 8,- per person; the bus leaves at 7 p.m. in front of the Opera House Graz (Franz-Graf-Allee); return journey after the concert. Please make a reservation!
This concert will be broadcast on Ö1 on July 20,08:30 pm
