The motto of this year's Bachfest Leipzig is "Transformation". This overarching title offers the opportunity to create a very diverse program, said director Michael Maul. For the first time, more than 200 events will take place at the eleven-day festival. It will open on 12 June with a concert in the Thomaskirche and run until 22 June.
"Throughout his life, Bach studied, copied, performed and internalized the works of other composers with great curiosity and also honed his style in the process," said Maul. He also used his own compositions again and again. The famous Mass in B minor, for example, was not composed in one go, but in stages. These transformations are to be brought to life at the Bach Festival.
