#backtotheroots in #lockdown

During the pandemic, we musicians have been condemned to silence for a very long time. In my profession as a conductor, all engagements and projects, some of which have been prepared for more than a year, have been cancelled.

But I need the music to live. That’s why I did go back on my path, #backtotheroots, to where I can express myself artistically, alone at and with my instrument: to the organ and to Johann Sebastian Bach. At the same time, I wanted to share “my” music and this experience with my audience, if not live in concert, then via social media.

This is how these small recordings of three organ-works by Bach came about, all three thematically set in the Advent- and Christmas season:

The baroque Stumm organ in the Catholic parish church of St. Martin in Hillesheim, built in 1772, is one of the most valuable instruments in the diocese of Trier and ideally suited for Bach’s organ works.

I will continue this little project in the coming weeks, at least as long as the lockdown lasts, because: I need the music to live. Stay Tuned!