„Bach-Blüten“ Transkriptionen von und mit J.S. Bach

In the organizer's words:

enSemble RAiSONANT

Justyna Skatulnik - violin Marie Deller - violincello, violincello piccolo and recorder Wiebke Weidanz - harpsichord Leonard Schelb - transverse flute and recorder

Like almost all composers of the 18th century, J.S. Bach was a master of reusing his own works as well as those of other composers.

We can often clearly see this approach, as in the case of the "Christmas Oratorio" or the "Trauerode". Sometimes things are more hidden: especially in chamber music, there are rather subtle indications of rearrangements and alterations: Sometimes it is transposition errors in the versions that ultimately survive, sometimes inconclusive or atypical key changes within the sonata. Sometimes it is just a playing feeling that can at least imply a second version.

We have followed the clues and collected works that were either transcribed by Bach himself, for which it is certain that there was originally a different version, or which, with careful listening to Bach's imaginative settings, allow an even more colorful scoring.

This approach allows Bach's music to blossom and become vivid in a new and yet historical way.

The still new enSemble RAiSONANT was formed in 2023 from renowned, internationally performing musicians from the early music scene and has been able to bring several exciting programs to life in a short time, including for WDR.

Joy of playing, verve, sound intensity, intimacy, respect and trust characterize the ensemble, which has adopted an authentic and colorful interpretation of early music. Program:

Sonata for Fl, Vl and BC in G major, BWV 1038 (transcription from the Bach workshop) Largo - Vivace - Adagio - Presto

Sonata for Fl, Vcl and BC in A minor, BWV 1029 (transcription by Leonard Schelb) Vivace - Adagio - Allegro

Concerto for Vl, Vcl and BC in C major, BWV 525 (transcription from the 18th century with the middle movement from BWV 1032) {without indication} - Largo - Allegro

Sonata for Bbfl, Fl and BC C major, BWV 1032 (transcription and completion Leonard Schelb) Vivace - Largo e dolce - Allegro

Concerto for harpsichord solo in C minor, BWV 981 (transcription by J.S. Bach of the Marcello violin concerto) Adagio - Vivace - {without indication} - Prestissimo

Sonata for mixed ensemble in G major, BWV 1016 (transcription Leonard Schelb) Adagio - Allegro - Adagio ma non tanto - Allegro

The violinist Justyna Skatulnik was born in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland. She is a scholarship holder of the National Cultural Center (2016) and the President of the Lodz Voivodeship (2014). She began her violin studies at the Lodz University of Music in 2008. In 2011, she became interested in historical performance practice. Since then she has taken lessons in baroque violin and attended courses in Poland and Germany (29th International Handel Academy in Karlsruhe, Ensemble Academy with Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Bach Academy with the Academy of Early Music Berlin). In 2014 she moved to Germany, where she began her baroque violin master's degree with Prof. Richard Gwilt at the Cologne University of Music and Dance. In 2015, Justyna won first prize at the Early Music Forum in Pozen (Poland) with the Ensemble Cordatus and was a finalist at the German Music Competition in Lübeck with the Ensemble Gradus ad Parnassum. In the 2015/16 season she was a member of the European Union Baroque Orchestra. Justyna plays with numerous baroque orchestras and ensembles, most notably Concerto Köln and Gaechinger Cantorey. She is concertmaster of the Cologne Baroque Orchestra and Vasa Consort. Marie Deller studied violoncello/baroque cello and recorder with Prof. Susanne Müller-Hornbach, Prof. Kristin von der Goltz and Prof. Michael Schneider at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts. She performs at home and abroad with renowned orchestras and conductors. She has performed with the Freiburger Barockorchester, Freiburger BarockConsort, Camerata Köln, La Stagione Frankfurt, Museumsorchester Frankfurt, Sinfonieorchester des HR, Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Staatstheater Darmstadt, Main Barockorchester, Neumeyer Consort, Bachorchester Mainz, René Jacobs, Pablo Heras-Casado, Jérémie Rhorer, Andrea Marcon, Prof. Michael Schneider, Prof. Ralf Otto, Laurence Cummings, Christopher Moulds and Simon Rattle. She also enjoys playing chamber music concerts and works as an instrumental teacher at the Bad Vilbel and Karben music schools.

Wiebke Weidanz is the "Bach Prize Winner 2000" of the renowned international Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in Leipzig. This was followed by radio and CD productions, and concerts have taken her to international festivals throughout Europe, New York, Japan and China. As a soloist and continuo player, she is a regular guest with leading baroque orchestras such as the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and Concerto Köln. For several years she has worked as an assistant to René Jacobs in international opera productions in Berlin, Vienna, Amsterdam, Brussels and Aix-en-Provence. Wiebke Weidanz was a lecturer at the Leipzig University of Music until 2003 and at the Frankfurt University of Music until 2009. Since the summer semester of 2014, she has been a professor of harpsichord at the Nuremberg University of Music.

Enchanted by music since childhood, Leonard Schelb studied recorder and transverse flute at the conservatories in Freiburg, Frankfurt and Basel with Prof. Agnes Dorwarth, Michael Form, Prof. Marc Hantaȉ, Prof. Karl Kaiser and Prof. Michael Schneider. He is particularly interested in German and French baroque music, which he seeks to differentiate further and further through his deep insight into the sources and his great interest in compositional technique. Engagements as a flautist and soloist with major ensembles and orchestras (e.g. Akamus Berlin, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Ensemble 1700, La Stagione Frankfurt, Bach Orchestra Mainz, Concerto Köln, Nuovo Aspetto) have taken him to festivals and concert series throughout Germany and Europe as well as the USA and Syria. Leonard Schelb has held the professorship for transverse flute at the HfMT Cologne since 2018 and also teaches at the RSH Düsseldorf. He has participated in numerous radio productions for SWR, SR, WDR, Deutschlandradio and ORF. His chamber music recordings to date have been enthusiastically received by the specialist press.

Price information:

10,00 € Pupils/students/with severely disabled person's pass 80% 0,00 € Music students/accompanying persons with severely disabled person's pass