BACH AT LEIPZIG

WRITTEN BY ITAMAR MOSES | DIRECTED BY PROFESSOR MARCO BARRICELLI

NOV 17 - DEC 3 | ARTHUR WAGNER THEATRE

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ABOUT THE PLAY

 It is 1722, Germany – the age of the Enlightenment!  Johann Kuhnau, master organist of the Thomaskirche, has just died. Auditions are held for Kuhnau’s replacement. Seven musicians are invited to apply for the prestigious and lucrative post of organist at the Thomaskirche. Deviousness, and clashing ideologies collide, creating farcical complications in this witty romp through the nature of music, ambition, religion, and art, with implications beyond the secluded world of this particular event in 18th century Leipzig. This play is a subtle reminder that, as one of the characters says, “politics is only war by other means,” proving once more that nothing is what it seems – something that may hold some resonance today. The musicians are faced with an age-old conundrum, exemplified by another character saying, “People now have little interest in music or art … I don’t know what they will call this age… its chief characteristic is a profound lack of enlightenment.”