Everything You Always Wanted to Know About... Improvisation! (J. S. Bach Foundation)

While the pandemic may have forced us to cancel our regular cantata concerts for the rest of 2020, it certainly hasn’t quashed our musical spirit! After offering special broadcasts in March, April and May on the cantatas of our cancelled concert programme, from June onwards, we will be offering – on each of our planned concert dates – new performances and programmes via live streaming. For our next programme on Friday 19 June, Rudolf Lutz is going to offer us something new: in response to the numerous comments and questions from our international community, he will explore the fascinating topic of improvisation! What is the role of improvisation in classical music, especially in baroque music and Bach’s oeuvre? And what is improvisation, exactly? How does it work? Join Rudolf Lutz for explanations and demonstrations streamed live from the church in Stein, Switzerland. / / / / / / / Friday, June 19th, 2020, from 6:45 P.M. onwards Programme 6:45 P.M. Introduction with Rudolf Lutz und Xoan Castineira 7:00 - 8:10 P.M. Lecture-recital on improvisation with Rudolf Lutz (keyboard and organ) Rudolf Lutz is not only regarded in the music world as an eloquent pedagogue, able to explain complex compositional contexts in a vivid way, but he is also one of the most sought-after improvisers worldwide. He will give his presentation in English to do justice to our large Internet community. The church of Stein AR has a very valuable instrument built by Orgelbau Kuhn AG in 1985. We love to hold organ recitals there, and many visitors of the "Appenzeller Bachtage" know the beautiful church because of "Singen in der Früh", the popular sing-along programme in our festival in August. Cantata performances of the J.S. Bach Foundation Our cantata performances will be postponed until the end of the covid crisis. We hope to resume our performing activities in January 2021. Would you like to donate? Paypal.me/bachstiftung IBAN: CH73 0900 0000 8558 5738 0 Subscribe to our channel: https://goo.gl/8R4k9P