The Johann Sebastian Bach Journey, 13–19 May 2019 by Martin Randall Travel

The Johann Sebastian

Bach Journey

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A musical journey exploring the life of Johann Sebastian Bach through central Germany.

It is hard to articulate the joy of our festivals. People absolutely love them. Amazing musicians playing wonderful music; glorious historic halls, many of which are not normally accessible; a curated sequence of concerts each of which enlarges upon the previous ones; logistics taken care of with apparent ease. The whole is far more than the sum of its parts. Attending a festival is not like ordinary concert going. Anxieties about practicalities – where to eat, where to park, will we miss the last train home? – all fall away. Receptivity to the music and the place is enhanced by daily talks and by the bubble of untroubled leisure in which the festival takes place. And the MRT staff are incredible at looking after everyone.

These are not my words: they are THE J.S. BACH JOURNEY paraphrases of feedback we have 13–19 MAY 2019 received from the thousands who have enjoyed the festivals since they began 25 MUSIC IN DERBYSHIRE years ago.

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Here’s some more. The best achievement of the festivals is that everything is highly organised without looking like it. And – this one is from the director of a major concert hall – that you go to bed at the end of the day thinking that you have just seen something absolutely extraordinary. A Bach holiday is only one letter away from a beach holiday, but many worlds away.

SACRED MUSIC IN SANTIAGO 26 SEPTEMBER–2 OCTOBER 2019 OPERA IN SICILY OCTOBER 2019 THE TALLIS TRAIL 1–3 NOVEMBER 2019

Martin Randall Chief Executive

MUSIC ALONG THE DANUBE 31 AUGUST–7 SEPTEMBER 2019

CONTENTS

4. THE JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH JOURNEY: AN INTRODUCTION

10. MEET THE MUSICIANS

16. PRE-FESTIVAL TOURS Extend your stay in Germany with a tour that has been designed to link with the festival.

We have engaged international musicians and singers of the highest calibre.

6. THE FESTIVAL PROGRAMME The day-by-day itinerary including details of the concerts.

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18. ACCOMMODATION & TRAVEL Choose from four hotel options and a range of flights.

DISCOVER THE PLACE: THURINGIA

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Photography in this brochure. Pictures credited to Bill Knight were taken on our festivals. www.knightsight.co.uk.

BOOKING Details of how to book, along with the booking form and our conditions.

Left: Â©Emmie Scott 2015. Date printed: 30th April 2018. WWW.MARTINRANDALL.COM

INTRODUCTION

THE JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH JOURNEY

Journeying to the places where Johann Sebastian Bach lived and worked is an experience as near to pilgrimage as is offered by the history of music.

Hearing his works in buildings which he frequented must rank among the highest delights available to music lovers. This unique biennial festival provides the opportunity. Ten concerts, ranging from a selection of Weimar cantatas to the St John Passion, from an organ recital to the Mass in B Minor, from solo violin to full orchestra, present a comprehensive range of Bachâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s output. For this, the eighth Johann Sebastian Bach Journey, we have assembled artists and ensembles who are world leaders in performance of the repertoire. The festival is emphatically a journey. It starts, as Bach did, in the little towns and cities of the principality of Thuringia and finishes, again like Bach, in the free city of Leipzig.

To cater for different budgets, there is a choice of four packages which differ only in the standard of the hotels included. You stay in three places, Eisenach or MĂźhlhausen, Weimar and Leipzig, and the performances take place here and in three other towns. Admission to the concerts is exclusive to those who take a package which includes accommodation, flights from London (optional), travel by private coach, most dinners and lunches, interval refreshments, and daily lectures. Only two hundred people can enjoy this extraordinary experience, which happens only every two years. Seize the opportunity now and make a booking.

Background image: J.S. Bach, woodcut c. 1930.

INTRODUCTION

‘ Beyond superb! The performances, the choice of repertoire, the venues... all perfect in my opinion!’ Participant on The JS Bach Journey in 2017.

In addition, there are extra services which can be booked:

Festival highlights

The festival package

Ten private concerts in the places where Johann Sebastian Bach lived and worked.

Access to the concerts is exclusive to those who take our — C hoice of pre-festival tours and London Days: Walking festival package, which includes: in Bach’s Footsteps (6–12 May 2019), Organs of Bach’s — All ten concerts. Time (8–13 May 2019), The London Backstreet Walk (10 — H otels for six nights – you May 2019) and Composers in choose between four London. See pages 16–17. options. See pages 18–19.

Among the music is the St John Passion and the B-Minor Mass. International musicians and singers of the highest calibre have been engaged. Bach expert Sir Nicholas Kenyon gives daily talks. Four packages to suit different budgets with accommodation in 3-, 4- and 5-star hotels. Free time to explore Mühlhausen, Eisenach, Weimar, Leipzig and other historic towns.

— A rriving a day early. —C hoice of flights between See pages 18–20. London and Germany (reduced price if you arrange your own). See page 20. —T ravel by private coach, five dinners, at least three lunches, all tips. —T alks on the music by Nicholas Kenyon. —T he assistance of festival staff and a detailed programme book.

The speaker: Sir Nicholas Kenyon Sir Nicholas Kenyon is a key figure in British musical life, as Managing Director of the Barbican Centre since 2007, former Controller of BBC Radio 3 and Director of the BBC Proms. He has been music critic for The New Yorker and The Observer and editor of Early Music. He is author of the Faber Pocket Guides to Bach and Mozart and a biography of Simon Rattle, and edited Authenticity & Early Music. This will be his fourth Bach Journey as speaker.

How to book See page 21. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

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THE PROGRAMME

THE FESTIVAL PROGRAMME

Arrive a day early

Day 1

Day 2

Sunday 12 May Monday 13 May Tuesday 14 May Eisenach or Mühlhausen Eisenach or Mühlhausen Mühlhausen, Eisenach

We have booked seats on a number of flights from Heathrow to Frankfurt. You choose, though options are linked to where you choose to stay for the first two nights –see pages 18–20 for further details. J. S. Bach was born in Eisenach in 1685 and he was raised here until the death of his father ten years later. He was baptised in the Gothic church of St George – the font is still there – and the interior is as Bach would have known it. Eisenach is dominated by the Wartburg castle, a UNESCO World Heritage Site where Martin Luther stayed while translating the Bible into German.

We are offering the option of arriving at your hotel in Eisenach or Mühlhausen a day before the festival begins.

Mühlhausen is where Bach held the post of organist at the church of St Blasius 1707–8. The town is a delight, a dense matrix of streets and alleys and little open spaces threaded between half-timbered and stone buildings. Six Gothic churches rise heavenwards, and all is bounded by a complete circuit of walls.

The first of the talks by Nicholas Kenyon precedes a recital in Mühlhausen Town Hall, a charming set of rooms which is little changed since Bach’s time. The size of the hall means the audience has to split and the event repeated. Concert, 11.40am & 9.00pm: Mühlhausen, Town Hall Bach and his predecessors Brecon Baroque Rachel Podger director Ciara Hendrick soprano Bach’s Non sa che sia dolore (BWV 209) and Triple Concerto in A minor (BWV 1044) are joined by works by Buxtehude and Johann Christoph Bach’s famous chaconne Mein Freund ist mein und ich bin sein. There is lunch for all participants.

The price includes the amended flight, transfer from Frankfurt to Eisenach or Mühlhausen and an extra night at your festival hotel. Lunch or afternoon tea are The first festival event is dinner in your included (dinner is independent). See pages chosen hotel or nearby restaurant. 18–20 for further details. Overnight Eisenach or Mühlhausen.

Participation in our festivals is a very different experience from conventional group travel – no repetitive or redundant announcements, no herding by elevated umbrella, no unnecessary roll calls, little hanging around. We work on the assumption that you are adults, and our staff cultivate the virtue of unobtrusiveness.

We provide sufficient information to enable you to navigate the festival events without needing to be led. However, festival staff are also stationed around the events to direct you if needed.

Illustrations: Above left: Mühlhausen, lithograph c. 1830. Opposite, centre: Arnstadt, steel engraving c. 1850. Photograph above © Bill Knight.

THE PROGRAMME

Day 3 Wednesday 15 May Ohrdruf, Arnstadt, Weimar Free time in Eisenach – an opportunity to visit the excellent Bach Museum – followed by a concert at St George’s Church.

Spreading down the side of a hill, Arnstadt has retained much of its highly picturesque centre. Bach’s first significant employment (1707– 08) was as organist at the Neukirche, as it was then called; the St John Passion is performed here, wrapped around by the white and gold wooden interior. There is time also for the small Bach museum.

Concert, 4.45pm: Eisenach, Church of St George The Bach Dynasty Vox Luminis Lionel Meunier director In the church where Johann Sebastian was baptised, there is a concert of cantatas by older members of the Bach family, great uncle Johann Bach (1604–73), uncles Johann Michael (1648–94) and Johann Christoph (1642–1703, also organist at this church). It finishes with a motet from J.S. Bach, the famous Jesu meine Freude (BWV 227, Leipzig 1730 –35). Dinner for all participants and overnight in Eisenach or Mühlhausen.

Concert, 4.00pm: Arnstadt, Bachkirche St John Passion (BWV 245) Leave Eisenach and Mühlhausen and drive to Ohrdruf. Here Bach lived with an elder brother for five years after the death of his father. The town is small, but a rambling ducal Schloss, formerly home to the brother’s employer, sits on its edge. Here in the refurbished hall there is a recital. Concert, 11.00am: Ohrdruf, Schloss Ehrenstein Harpsichord recital Mahan Esfahani harpsichord

Meet the musicians See pages 10 –13 for their biographies.

Vox Luminis Lionel Meunier director Of Bach’s two extant Passion settings, the St John Passion is the more dramatic and more concentrated. In recent years, thanks to a wide variety of performances using historically based forces, the St John Passion has been revealed as an equally affecting and powerful work. Drive to Weimar. There is time to settle in before dinner.

Weimar is the liveliest and loveliest of Pieces by J.S. Bach and his sons, Johann Thuringian towns, and is adorned with a Christian and Carl Philipp Emanuel – the magnificent range of classical architecture J.C. one being performed for the first time. and landscaped parks. As the last home of Lucas Cranach and the first site of the Drive on to Arnstadt in time for lunch. Bauhaus school, the significance of the city in the history of art reaches across four hundred years. First of two nights in Weimar.

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THE PROGRAMME

THE FESTIVAL PROGRAMME

Day 4

Day 5

Thursday 16 May Weimar

Friday 17 May Sangerhausen, Leipzig

Weimar has few rivals among the smaller cities of Europe in terms of its importance in the history of literature and music. Bach worked at the court in 1703 and again 1708–17. Liszt’s period of residence (1842–61) attracted many musical visitors including Wagner, Brahms, Smetana and Borodin, and turned Weimar into an international centre of the musical avant-garde. Richard Strauss was court Kapellmeister 1889–94.

In the morning or the afternoon, there is a talk followed by a recital; the event repeated. Concert, 11.45am, 1.45pm & 4.45pm: Weimar, Cranach House Violin Solo

Concert, 11.15am: Sangerhausen, Church of St James Organ Recital – Bach organ pieces on a 1726 instrument.

Rachel Podger violin

Martina Pohl organ

Cello suite in C minor (BWV 1011) (transcribed for violin into G minor).

The church of St James (Jakobikirche) possesses a fine organ by Zacharias Hildebrandt, a pupil and rival of Silbermann and occasional collaborator with J. S. Bach.

Lucas Cranach set up his workshop here in the market square in 1552, and died a year later. The small ground floor hall has Late Gothic cell vaults. Dinner is independent today, so you can choose to have it before or after the evening concert. Concert, 7.00pm: Weimar, Church of St Peter & Paul Bach’s Weimar cantatas Weimar is also revered as a centre of literature and Enlightenment thought, largely owing to the sixty-year residence and service at court of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Herder, Schiller and Nietzsche are among the other great names to have spent time here. Much of the day is free for wandering the enchanting streets and squares and park, and for exploring the many museums.

Illustrations: Above: Weimar, lithograph by Ellen Torngrist, 1920. Photograph opposite © Bill Knight. 8

Leave Weimar and drive to Leipzig via the attractive small town of Sangerhausen.

Dunedin Consort John Butt director, organ A selection of cantatas from Bach’s time in the employ of the Weimar ducal court, including BWV 182 – interspersed with recitals on the Wilhelm Sauer organ. The Church of St Peter and Paul (Herderkirche) is the most important church in the town, and its present appearance is largely eighteenth century. The main altarpiece is by Cranach. Four of Bach’s children were baptised here.

After lunch in Sangerhausen, reach Leipzig in the early afternoon. Bach was employed at Leipzig as Kantor of St Thomas in 1723. With his various additional responsibilities he effectively became director of music for the city until his death in 1750. Concert, 6.00pm: Leipzig, Altes Rathaus (former Town Hall) Concertos and orchestral suites Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Orchestral Suite No.3 in D (BWV 1068), Concerto in D minor (BWV 1043), Brandenburg Concerto No.1 in F (BWV 1046), Concerto for oboe and violin in C minor (BWV 1060R), Easter Oratorio Sinfonia (BWV 249). The venue is the former Town Hall, one of the more important buildings of the Renaissance in Germany.

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THE PROGRAMME

Day 6

Day 7

Saturday 18 May Leipzig

Sunday 19 May Leipzig

The Salles de Pologne is a Neo-Baroque hall of the nineteenth century which has been recently restored.

Depending on your flight option there may be some free time in Leipzig. See page 20 for details of transfers and flights.

We have dinner before this evening’s concert. Concert, 8.00pm: Leipzig, Nikolaikirche (Church of St Nicholas) Mass in B Minor

Leipzig is the only large city of the Journey – though with a population of just half a million, and a fifteen minute walk to traverse the historic centre, it is not a metropolis. After the degradation of the GDR years, the subsequent transformation of the city seems little short of miraculous. Restoration and rebuilding have gone hand in hand with the emergence of pavement cafés, smart shops and good restaurants. There are good museums and art galleries here including an outstanding collection of musical instruments, an apartment where Mendelssohn lived and the excellent Bach Archive. Concert, 11.00am: Leipzig, Salles de Pologne Sonatas and trio sonatas Freiburg Baroque Consort

Dunedin Consort John Butt conductor Bach’s B-Minor Mass is among the greatest achievements in the history of music. Compiled and composed towards the end of his life, Bach may have regarded it as a summation of his life’s work. Whatever its enigmas – was it intended to be performed in its entirety? why did this stalwart Lutheran steer so close to Catholic tradition? – it remains a work of exceptional potency and beauty. One of the four Leipzig churches where Bach was in charge of music, the Church of St Nicholas (Nikolaikirche) is a Gothic construction of the early sixteenth century which underwent a spectacular Neo-Classical transformation in the late eighteenth century. Second of two nights in Leipzig.

Fitness for the festival This is a physically demanding festival and fitness is essential. Within towns and cities, you will be expected to walk for anything up to 25 minutes and at a pace which is unlikely to slow others down when moving together. Many streets are uneven or cobbled and there are some ascents and descents. There are often stairs to negotiate, we change hotel three times, and we will travel long distances by coach. If you think you will need a wheelchair at any stage, including at the airport, then this festival is unlikely to be suitable for you.

Two of Antonio Vivaldi’s twelve trio sonatas for two violins and basso continuo feature in this morning’s concert, including No.12 in D minor, La Follia. The programme also includes Bach’s own sonata in A for violin and harpsichord (BWV 1015) and several of his flute sonatas.

We ask that you assess your fitness, before you commit to a booking, by trying the simple exercises on page 22.

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THE MUSICIANS

MEET THE MUSICIANS

‘ These big-scale concerts probably wouldn’t be possible today without efforts from promoters such as yourself.’ Musician on a Martin Randall Festival in 2017.

THE MUSICIANS

For this festival, we have engaged musicians of the highest calibre – all of them leading interpreters of Bach’s music.

DUNEDIN CONSORT

JOHN BUTT

The Dunedin Consort was founded in 1995 and is named after Din Eidyn, the ancient Celtic name of Edinburgh Castle.

Gardiner Professor of Music at the University of Glasgow and musical director of Edinburgh’s Dunedin Consort.

Under the direction of John Butt, the ensemble has become one of the most exciting Baroque ensembles in Europe. They have recorded all Bach’s major choral works; their St John Passion was nominated for Recording of the Year in both Gramophone and BBC Music Magazine. Recordings of Handel’s Messiah and Mozart’s Requiem were both Gramophone Award winners.

He has published several books on Bach and the historical performance movement. He is Principal Artist with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and guest conductor for the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Stavanger Symphony Orchestra. He has been awarded FBA, FRSE, the Dent Medal of the RMA and the RAM/Kohn Foundation’s Bach Prize.

More about the concerts: see page 12 for some practical information.

Photography: Opposite ©Bill Knight (taken on another of our festivals). Above: John Butt; the Dunedin Consort ©David Barbour.

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THE MUSICIANS

MEET THE MUSICIANS

RACHEL PODGER

BRECON BAROQUE

CIARA HENDRICK

MAHAN ESFAHANI

Rachel Podger has established herself over the last two decades as a leading interpreter of Baroque and Classical music. She has won many awards for her recordings, including J. S. Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin and his Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord (with Trevor Pinnock). Currently she is recording the Cello Suites on violin.

Founded in 2007 and initially resident at Rachel Podger’s annual Brecon Baroque Festival, the group has gone on to tour Europe and Japan.

Ciara studied singing and piano at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating with distinction. She works frequently with leading Baroque ensembles at festivals and venues throughout the country and beyond, including the London Handel Festival, Wigmore Hall and Lille Opera House. She has also appeared regularly at the Oxford Lieder Festival, and is one of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment’s ‘Rising Stars’ for the 2018–19 season.

Mahan Esfahani appears as a soloist in major recital and concert halls worldwide.

Rachel holds chairs for Baroque violin at the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. She is also founder and artistic director of the Brecon Baroque Festival.

They have recorded six discs for Channel Classics, one of which, Bach Double and Triple Concertos, received a Choc du Monde de la Musique and CD of the week on BBC Radio 3, Classic FM, and US radio station WQXR. Their most recent recording, Le Quattro Stagioni, was released in April 2018.

More about the concerts Private. All the concerts are planned and administered by us, and the audience consists exclusively of those who have taken the full festival package.

Acoustics. This festival is more concerned with locale and authenticity than with acoustic perfection. Some venues have idiosyncrasies or reverberations of the sort not found in modern concert halls.

Seating. Specific seats are not reserved. You sit where you want. Consider bringing a cushion for concerts in churches.

Capacity. There will be up to 210 participants on the festival. At venues which cannot accommodate this number, the concerts are repeated.

His recordings on Hyperion and Deutsche Grammophon have been honoured with a Gramophone Award, three Gramophone nominations, and BBC Music Magazine’s Newcomer of the Year. He studied musicology and history at Stanford University and harpsichord with Zuzana Ruzickova in Prague.

Changes. Musicians fall ill, venues may close for repairs, airlines alter schedules: there are many circumstances which could necessitate changes to the programme. We ask you to be understanding should they occur.

THE MUSICIANS

FREIBURG BAROQUE ORCHESTRA The FBO is recognised worldwide as among the very finest of periodinstrument orchestras. They are directed by the leader rather than a conductor, an arrangement they believe produces an intensity reminiscent of chamber music and a unique timbre.

MARTINA POHL

VOX LUMINIS

Martina Pohl began playing music at the age of three and studied at the Hochschule für Kirchenmusik (College for Church Music) in Halle 1980 – 86. She focusses principally on the German Romantics and J.S. Bach. She accompanies soloists, instrumentalists and choirs on concert tours in Germany and elsewhere and on recordings.

Founded in 2004 in Namur, Vox Luminis specialises in 16th- to 18th-century vocal music and aims for a blend of high quality individual voices, exquisite tuning and clarity of sound. They have performed in festivals and concert halls all over Europe and the USA, with regular appearances at Wigmore and Cadogan Halls.

Since 2004 she has had Founded in 1987, they have given over a thousand concerts, charge of the Hildebrandt organ in Sangerhausen. in all the major European cities, Southeast Asia and the Americas and performed at many of the top festivals.

Director Lionel Meunier’s musical education began in his birthplace, Clamecy in central France, and continued at The Hague. In 2013 he received the Namurois de l’Année award for culture (Citizen Of The Year, Namur province).

Photography, left–right: Rachel Podger and Brecon Baroque ©Theresa Pewal, Mahan Esfahani ©Bernhard Musil, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra ©Marco Borggreve, Vox Luminis ©David Samyn, Lionel Meunier.

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THE PLACE

DISCOVER THE PLACE: THURINGIA

Less than a century elapsed between the first record of a Bach in Thuringia and the birth there of Johann Sebastian in 1685.

By then the exceptional musical and procreative talents of the family had led to the establishment of several Bachs as prominent professional musicians throughout the region. Not only did Johann Sebastian follow the family tradition, but for the first half of his working life he did so in the same provincial German backwater as the rest of his clan. Thuringia is – as it was in Bach’s time – a region of rolling hills, deciduous woodland, patchwork fields, compact red-roofed villages and proud little towns. Being then divided into some of the smallest citystates and princedoms of pre-unification Germany, and later only patchily affected by the ravages of industrialisation and war, its appearance remained little changed throughout the twentieth century. Forty years in the chill embrace of the Communist state further impeded ‘progress’. All this gives rise to a strange paradox: though at the geographical centre of Germany, Europe’s economic powerhouse, Thuringia feels strangely provincial and peripheral.

For those who knew East Germany before 1989, the subsequent changes appear little short of miraculous – major transformation of infrastructure, painting and restoration of the architecture, recrudescence of commercial and social life on a par with anywhere else in Europe. Yet the region has still not awoken fully from a half-century slumber which allowed much of the historic fabric of the towns and villages to slide into desuetude and dereliction. These are the towns where Bach grew up and where he plied his trade, the locations of his quotidian concerns as well as the exercise of his genius. Merely to walk the same streets and sit in the same pews is to enlarge and illumine one’s understanding of Bach’s music. To hear his compositions not only in the locale but in the very buildings where they were first performed is a lifeenhancing experience.

Illustration, right: Eisenach, 20th-century etching.

THE PLACE

‘ I found it inspiring to stay in the places where Bach had lived and worked.’ Participant on The JS Bach Journey in 2017.

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PRE-FESTIVAL TOURS

ORGANS OF BACH’S TIME

Pre-festival tour: 8–13 May 2019 (mf 518) 6 days • £2,120 Lecturers: James Johnstone & Dr Matthew Woodworth

With clocks, organs were the most complex of mechanical instruments developed before the Industrial Revolution.

As such they were a source of awe and admiration far beyond musical cognoscenti and their makers often enjoyed a level of fame greater than the musicians who played them. The greatest of the composers for the organ, Johann Sebastian Bach, had the good fortune to live at a time and in a place where organ-building reached a peak of excellence which perhaps has never been surpassed. This was not entirely coincidence: interaction between players and makers was an important element in refining the skills of both sides. The most famous of these organ builders was Gottfried Silbermann. He was born the son of a carpenter in the mountainous backwoods of Saxony in 1683, gained an almost monopolistic grip on keyboard manufacturing in the region and died a rich man in 1753. Nearly thirty of his fifty Saxon organs survive, some very nearly in original condition. They are famous – and always were – for their distinctive sounds, from the silver flutes to the strong and characterful 16’ Posaune in the pedal. Other organ builders whose work we see and hear on this tour include Zacharias Hildebrandt (1688–1757), an apprentice and later a rival of Silbermann, and Heinrich Gottfried Trost (c. 1680 –1759). All had some sort of collaborative or critical relationship with J.S. Bach.

This tour selects some of the finest instruments in a region exceptionally richly endowed with historic organs. Many are located in village churches far from cathedral or court, leading the visitor through terrain which is rural and remote. All of the organs visited are located in villages and small towns with wonderfully picturesque historic centres. Some organs have hardly been altered since they were built. The tour is accompanied by organist James Johnstone, who performs regularly in Europe and America and who has won several prizes for his recordings. Also by Dr Matthew Woodworth, an art historian. All recitals are exclusive to this group and twenty to thirty minutes long, performed by James Johnstone or the local organist. They are also subject to confirmation from the relevant churches.

Illustrations: Opposite page: Altenburg, lithograph c. 1830. Photograph: James Johnstone.

PRE-FESTIVAL TOURS

More pre-festival options: Rhineland Masterpieces 7–12 May 2019 (6 days) Lecturer: Patrick Bade Walking in Bach’s Footsteps 6–12 May 2019 (7 days) Lecturer: Lindsay Kemp The London Backstreet Walk London Day • 10 May 2019 Composers in London London Day • date to be confirmed Please contact us to register your interest, and for advice on linking these or other tours with the festival.

Itinerary Day 1: Merseburg. Fly at c. 8.45am from London Heathrow to Berlin and continue by coach (c. 2 hours) to Merseburg, a cathedral town on the river Saale; first of three nights here. Day 2: Pomßen, Naumburg. The village of Pomßen has a church with an organ of the 1660s, a delightful instrument which is more Renaissance than Baroque, set in a painted wood ensemble of gallery, chest and panelled ceiling. The church of St Wenceslas in Naumburg has a major Hildebrandt organ of 1748. There is also time for the cathedral with its exceptional 13th-century sculpture.

fortifications, Baroque apartments and a quite remarkable collection of Italian Renaissance paintings. The chapel has a fine organ by Trost of 1739. After free time for lunch and independent exploration in Altenburg, travel on to Ponitz. Gottfried Silbermann began building an organ for the Friedenskirche in Ponitz in 1734, before the construction of the church itself had ended. Continue to Freiberg. Before dinner, there is an opportunity to hear the Silbermann in St. Peter’s Church. First of two nights in Freiberg.

Day 5: Freiberg, Helbigsdorf. The morning is free in Freiberg. In the afternoon drive out to Helbigsdorf, whose church is home to Silbermann’s smallest, double-manual instrument (1726–28). Freiberg cathedral is one of the most beautiful of Late Gothic Day 3: Zschortau, Störmthal, Rötha. Visit three small towns outside Leipzig with buildings in Germany and has retained an exceptional panoply of furnishings. The outstanding organs. The Scheibe organ in organ by Silbermann (1711–1714) is one the church of St Nicholas, Zschortau was tested by J.S. Bach in 1746 who found it to of the world’s finest instruments; three be ‘efficiently and painstakingly well-built’. manuals, 44 stops, largely unaltered. Störmthal has an organ by Hildebrandt which was inspected and approved by Bach Day 6: drive to Prague and fly to London Heathrow, arriving c. 3.30pm. For in 1723 and is still in its original condition. participants joining The Johann Sebastian In the fine mediaeval church of St George Bach Journey: travel by high-speed train in Rötha there is a Silbermann organ from Freiberg to Eisenach via Dresden tested in 1721 by Johann Kuhnau, Bach’s (c. 3 hours). The first event of the day is predecessor in Leipzig. dinner in your chosen hotel. Day 4: Altenburg, Ponitz, Freiberg. Sunday 19th May, final day of the festival. Travel from Merseburg to Freiberg via Join festival flight option 5, arriving at Altenburg and Ponitz. The court city of London Heathrow at c. 5.40pm. Altenburg is one of the rarely visited jewels of the former DDR, with a hilltop ducal residence featuring mediaeval

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Practicalities Price, per person. Two sharing: £2,120 or £1,890 without flights. Single occupancy: £2,250 or £2,120 without flights. Included: flights (Euro Traveller) with British Airways (Airbus 320); travel by private coach – and first class train tickets for those joining the JS Bach Journey; hotel accommodation; breakfasts, 1 lunch and 4 dinners with wine; all organ recitals, admissions and donations; all tips; all taxes; the services of the two lecturers and a tour manager. As flights are included in the price of this tour, those joining the JS Bach Journey will be charged at the ‘without flights’ price for the festival (see page 20). Accommodation. Radisson Blu, Merseburg (merseburg-radissonblu.com): in the historic centre of the town, close to the cathedral, a modern 4-star hotel housed in the former Zech’sche Palace. Hotel Freyhof, Freiberg (hotel-freyhof. de): traditional hotel situated in a reconstructed monastery, within walking distance of the cathedral. How strenuous? There is a lot of coach travel with some long journeys. Average distance by coach per day: 95 miles. Group size: maximum 28 participants.

ACCOMMODATION & TRAVEL

ACCOMMODATION & PRICES

The audience stays in three different towns during the course of the festival. Choose between four different hotel options, A–D – see the page opposite. If you intend to share a twin room with a friend, the best options are D, C and B (due to visibility of the shower cubicles from the bedroom area at the Park hotel in Leipzig).

Mühlhausen or Eisenach

Weimar

Leipzig

12 or 13 May – 15 May (two nights, or three if you are arriving a day early)

15 – 17 May (two nights)

17 – 19 May (two nights)

Weimar has a very good range of 3-, 4- and 5-star hotels. A small city, the hotels we have selected are no more than 10 or 15 minutes’ walk from the venues. There is no airconditioning in the Elephant (Option D), nor at the Anna Amalia (Option A) but windows can be opened.

Leipzig, as a trade fair city, has a good selection of hotels of all categories though some lack charm and individuality. We have selected ones within the periphery of the mediaeval core of the city; none is more than 15 or 20 minutes on foot from the venues. All have air-conditioning.

Depending on which hotel option you choose (A–D), you stay for the f irst two or three nights in either Mühlhausen or Eisenach.

Mühlhausen has few hotels. Categories A & B stay in the same 3-star hotel. The bathrooms have showers only. Wireless internet is available Twin and double beds are free of charge in all hotels usually two mattresses on a except the Fürstenhof in Leipzig single base. The hotel does not and the Elephant in Weimar, have air conditioning. where access is charged at €6 per night. Eisenach has a range of accommodation. Stay in either a 5-star establishment perched by the Wartburg castle or a well-appointed 4-star hotel in the centre. Bathrooms are almost all baths with shower fitments. Twin and double beds are usually two mattresses on a single base.

For travel options, see page 20. If you choose not to take one of our flights, we reduce the price by £190.

Illustration: Gotha in Thuringia (not seen on the festival) lithograph c. 1840.

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OPTION A

OPTION B

OPTION C

OPTION D

Mühlhausen: Brauhaus zum Löwen. An old timber-framed building of great character in the centre of town. Rooms are in the modern annex, 3 minutes walk from the main building. While the buildings are less characterful, rooms have recently been redecorated and have either a modern or a more rustic feel. All rooms are spacious and there is a lift.

Mühlhausen: Brauhaus zum Löwen. The same hotel as for option A, but with rooms in the main building. Bedrooms are simple and mostly spacious. Some overlook the (quiet) street; most are not served by a lift, but porters are available.

Eisenach: Steigenberger Thüringer Hof. A large, centrally-located hotel with a Neo-Classical façade. Bedrooms are bright and simply decorated. Two restaurants, a bar, as well a spa with sauna, exercise room and rooftop terrace. There is no air-conditioning.

Eisenach: Romantik Hotel auf der Wartburg. Beside the hilltop castle, this elegant, 5-star boutique hotel is a 3 km drive from the town centre. There is a good restaurant, a bar with terrace and a spa and sauna. Most bathrooms have baths with shower fitments. The hotel does not have a lift.

Weimar: Russischer Hof. An elegant hotel dating to 1805 and furnished in a partially modernised, opulent Russian Neo-Classical style. Impressive public areas and restaurants, comfortable rooms with luxurious bathrooms, excellent location.

Weimar: The Elephant. Famous, historic establishment blending classical gravity with contemporary understatement. Bedrooms are spacious and very well equipped and there are two restaurants, including the finest in Weimar.

Weimar: Anna Amalia. A family-run hotel in a quiet cobbled street in the centre of town. Rooms are simply furnished with cream walls and light wood furniture. Bedrooms vary in size. Leipzig: Park. This is a modern and comfortable hotel. The quirky design uses plenty of wood and is vaguely nautical. Bedrooms are a good size. There is a glass panel in the wall separating bathrooms and bedrooms. There is a good restaurant.

Weimar: Dorint am Goethepark. Comprising two historic houses connected by a new addition, this is now a modern hotel pleasantly situated by the park and a short walk from the town centre. Décor is a little austere, but the rooms elegant and comfortable. There is a restaurant in the hotel. Leipzig: Arthotel ANA Symphonie. A modern hotel which opened in 2016. Situated between the Ring and the central market square, some rooms overlook the sometimes busy street. Geared more to the business market, its interior of contemporary elegance is nevertheless comfortable.

PRICES, per person PRICES, per person Arriving 12 May £2,940 sharing a twin or double Arriving 12 May £3,110 double for single use £3,390 sharing a twin or double £3,700 double for single use Arriving 13 May £2,880 sharing a twin or double Arriving 13 May £3,020 double for single use £3,320 sharing a twin or double £3,590 double for single use

Leipzig: Marriott. A traditional hotel decorated in marble, wood and brass. Rooms are spacious with cosy, country-style furnishings and all mod cons. Centrallylocated but quiet. There is a swimming pool.

Leipzig: Fürstenhof. The best hotel in the city, although not large, and with the feel of a private club. A 19th-century building, it is furnished with antiques. Rooms are spacious and superbly equipped. Service is impeccable. There is a restaurant, wine bar and pool.

PRICES, per person

Arriving 12 May Arriving 12 May £3,650 sharing a twin or double £4,130 sharing a twin or double £3,990 double for single use £4,530 double for single use or £4,410 with a single in Eisenach Arriving 13 May £3,570 sharing a twin or double £3,850 double for single use

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Arriving 13 May £3,980 sharing a twin or double £4,320 double for single use or £4,230 with a single in Eisenach 19

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TRAVEL OPTIONS

Flights from London Heathrow are included in the price – all options fly into Frankfurt and back from Berlin. If you select hotel option A or B, you can travel on flight options 1, 3 or 5. If you select hotel option C or D, you can travel on flight options 2, 4 or 6. There is the option to fly out on the 12th May, the day before the festival begins – see the previous two pages for accommodation details and prices.

ARRIVING 12TH MAY (A DAY EARLY) Option 1 – for hotel options A or B. 12th May: depart Heathrow 09.30, arrive Frankfurt 12.05 (LH 901). 19th May: depart Berlin 12.25, arrive Heathrow 13.30 (BA 983). Option 2 – for hotel options C or D. 12th May: depart Heathrow 10.30, arrive Frankfurt 13.05 (LH 903). 19th May: depart Berlin 14.25, arrive Heathrow 15.25 (BA 993).

Option 3 – for hotel options A or B. 13th May: depart Heathrow 09.30, arrive Frankfurt 12.05 (LH 901). 19th May: depart Berlin 12.25, arrive Heathrow 13.30 (BA 983). Option 4 – for hotel options C or D. 13th May: depart Heathrow 10.30, arrive Frankfurt 13.05 (LH 903). 19th May: depart Berlin 14.25, arrive Heathrow 15.25 (BA 993). Option 5 – for hotel options A or B. 13th May: depart Heathrow 11.00, arrive Frankfurt 13.45 (BA 904). 19th May: depart Berlin 16.45, arrive Heathrow 17.40 (BA 985). Option 6 – for hotel options C or D. 13th May: depart Heathrow 11.30, arrive Frankfurt 14.05 (LH 905). 19th May: depart Berlin 16.45, arrive Heathrow 17.40 (BA 985).

Making your own arrangements You can take the package without flights and make your own arrangements for joining and leaving the festival. You are welcome to join our airport transfers from Frankfurt and back to Berlin, Illustration: though we cannot wait for you should J. S. Bach, lithograph you be delayed. by F. G. Schlick, 1840. There is a reduction in the price of £190 per person for this option.

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Are you travelling from elsewhere? Contact us if you need advice on joining our airport transfers.

BOOKING FORM

THE JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH JOURNEY 13–19 MAY 2019 Your name(s) as you would like it/them to appear to other festival participants: Participant 1: Participant 2:

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MAKING A BOOKING 1. B ooking option. We recommend that you contact us to ascertain that your preferred hotel option is still available. You can make an option which we will hold for one week (longer if necessary) until we receive your Booking Form and deposit. You can also make a booking option online.

ACCOMMODATION AND FLIGHT. See pages 18–20. Please tick a room type and one flight option (arriving either on the 12th or 13th May) beside your chosen hotel option. NB if you are also booking on the pre-festival tour, you do not need to select a f light option. Hotel option

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Double for single use with a single in Eisenstadt

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Arriving 12th May: flight option

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PRE-FESTIVAL TOUR: Organs of Bach’s Time, 8–13 May 2019. See pages 16 –17. Complete this section if you wish to add the tour to your festival booking. If you are interested in any of our other pre-festival options (on page 17), please contact us. Room type D ouble for single use Double room, two sharing Twin room, two sharing

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