Sense of Community: Bach’s Movable Feast
TTO participated with a short film on the
history of Bach’s mysterious 14th fugue!
March 5th, 2022
Artisan Works, 565 Blossom Rd # L, Rochester, NY 14610
About This Event
J.S. Bach’s 280-year-old musical tour de force is the basis of a modern-day “moveable feast” at Artisan Works, the grand art space on Blossom Road. Musicians from the Eastman School of Music and the Musikhochschule Freiburg, in small ensembles of varied instruments, will perform excerpts from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Art of Fugue throughout the Artisan Works galleries.
Audiences are invited to wander among the 50 musicians and 500,000 art works, determining which ensembles to hear, whether to linger over art works, and when to find a quiet space for rest. Each set will last one hour (3-4 p.m. for families; 5-6:30 p.m. in general), beginning with a brief musical welcome, and ending with a grand finale. In between, the audience will experience aural harmonies and visual beauty in an aesthetically immersive space.
This event is a collaboration of the Eastman School of Music and the Musikhochschule Freiburg, and is funded through grants from the University of Rochester Humanities Project, the Mellon Foundation, and a private donor.
A Tribute to Th. Emil Homerin
By Matthew Brown
When reflecting on the passing of our dear friend Emil, I can’t help thinking of the character Arkel from Maeterlinck’s libretto Pelléas et Mélisande. Near the beginning of the story, Arkel professes his belief that nothing happens in life without a reason, and near the end suggests that we all crave beauty alongside death. These two moments sum up my relationship with Emil to a tee.
TableTopOpera has created an updated version of Echoes of ‘64 for this year’s Fringe Festival as a livestream @ home!