Friday, August 21st, 2020, from 6:45 P.M. (CET) onwards

Programme

6:45 P.M.

Opening welcome by Rudolf Lutz and Xoán Castiñeira

7:00 until 8:00 P.M.

Concert and commentary on Bach's Chaconne by Rudolf Lutz at the keyboard and organ — world premiere of Rudolf Lutz’s organ arrangement

Bach’s famous “Ciaccona”, the last movement of his Partita BWV 1004, is a composition of such profundity and enduring genius that it remains a source of fascination for both violinists and composers to this day. In the 300 years since its composition, the Chaconne has undergone innumerous reworkings and arrangements — now including a piano arrangement by Rudolf Lutz. In this concert programme, Rudolf Lutz analyses Bach’s masterpiece and comments on a selection of well-known arrangements. The original composition will also be interpreted by violinist Amandine Beyer, who performed the work for us in 2014 as a musical “reflective lecture” on cantata BWV 9 (Es ist das Heil uns kommen her). As the highlight of the programme, Rudolf Lutz will perform – in improvisational style – the world premiere of his own organ arrangement of Bach’s Chaconne.

Corrigendum: Johannes Lang plays a slightly modified Dupré version of the Sinfonia of BWV 29, not a transcription of his own.

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.

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