Word: ansbach
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...Evangelical Lutheran Thomaskirche, proudly points to J. S. Bach's service as its cantor for 27 years (1723 to 1750), has long constituted itself chief guardian of his music. Last week the 80-boy choir made a sortie from behind the Iron Curtain. Occasion: the Bach Festival at Ansbach, West Germany. Critical verdict: St. Thomas' parade-drilled ten-to-18-year olds can still sing Bach with a precision and authority rarely equaled by any other choir in the world...
Augsburg (July 30-Aug. 11) has gone Italian. When the city fathers decided four years ago to get in on the festival boom and started looking around for an uncommitted composer, they found to ;heir distress that the supply of Germans iad been exhausted: Ansbach and Leipzig lad Bach; Bonn had Beethoven; Bayreuth had Wagner; Munich had Richard Strauss. Partly because they wanted a :omposer who had written enough to feed the festival for years, the Augsburgers aicked Verdi, and reminded visitors that :he city was once Germany's gateway to Italian commerce. This year Augsburg is offering Verdi...
...Ansbach's Bach. The eighth annual Bach Week at Ansbach, Germany, brought a personal triumph to Manhattan Harpsichordist Ralph Kirkpatrick, 44. Facing a firm Teutonic conviction that only Germans can play Bach properly, Kirkpatrick made a bold decision. While he was playing his morning performance, word came that Guitarist Andres Segovia was sick and could not fill his engagement that evening. Kirkpatrick agreed to take over the spot, scheduled a finger-breaking program : the Italian Concerto, the Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue and the Goldberg Variations...
...Ansbach, Germany, for no reason except enthusiasm and the fact that the old Bach stronghold, Leipzig, is now behind the Iron Curtain, puts on its annual Bach festival (July 23-30). On hand: Spanish Guitarist Andrés Segovia, U.S. Harpsichordist Ralph Kirkpatrick. Featured choral work: the B-Minor Mass...
...Ansbach, Germany (July 25-Aug.11): a solid week of Bach, including cantatas and rarely heard motets, the B Minor Mass, the six Brandenburg Concertos...