During this festival, in which you can expect a combination of jazz, tango, Glass’ minimalism and musical theatre, BOZAR puts Johann Sebastian Bach’s accomplished body of work in a contemporary light. Iveta Apkalna, Avi Avital, the Glorvigen Trio and the experimental theatre collective La Fura dels Baus are responsible for the creative approach. ‘Pure’ Bach is served up by the high-spirited Cappella Mediterranae and winner of the MAfestival, Andrea Buccarella.
Don’t expect protestant piety or a churchlike atmosphere when the iconoclasts of La Fura dels Baus take on a Bach cantata. For their production Free Bach 212, one of the highlights of our Bach Heritage festival, the world famous theatre collective add flamenco, electronics, and giant cows.
— published onIn his Missae Breves Bach wrote four tense masses which, in terms of musical richness, are not outdone by his great Mass in b, BWV 232. In the Missa brevis, BWV 235 Bach demonstrates his mastery in ab...
In Die Kunst der Fuge, Bach composed not only one of his greatest but also one of his most enigmatic pieces. At first sight, comparisons with the Argentinean tango may seem absurd. However, the Glorvi...
The Goldberg Variations are as moving today as they have ever been. Bach developed over thirty variations on the very well-known aria, and cast them in an ingenious structure. The aria returns at the ...
The charismatic Avi Avital is indisputably one of the greatest mandolin players of our time. His recordings for Deutsche Grammophon are celebrated internationally. For this programme, Avital dips a t...
Most of Bach's cantatas were commissioned by the Lutheran church and in service of God. In his Bauerncantate, however, biblical figures make way for everyday characters. Downstage are two peasants who...
The Latvian Iveta Apkalna is one of the most talented organists of her generation. Indeed, she has been the titular organist of the Elbphilharmonie organ in Hamburg since its opening in 2016. After an...