NAHaufnahme: Bach, Barock und Basso continuo

In the organizer's words:

When Johann Sebastian Bach came to Leipzig in 1723, nobody rolled out the red carpet for him. He was not the city council's first choice as the new Thomaskantor: "Since you can't get the best, you have to take mediocre ones." Like a basso continuo, a continuous bass voice, the Thomaskantor was accompanied by conflicts over power and music with the authorities, who he described as "whimsical and not very devoted to music"; the setting was usually the Old Town Hall. He seriously considered leaving Leipzig again. In the end, Bach remained in the city for 27 years, until his death, and composed his best works here.