Bach at Dawn of 2020

Scientific committee

Prof. Dr. Michael Heinemann (Hochschule für Musik – Dresden)
Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Hinrichsen (University of Zurich)
Dr. Michael Maul (Bach-Archiv – Leipzig, Bach Network)
Maria Borghesi (Hochschule für Musik – Dresden)

Keynote speaker

Prof. Emeritus Dr. Ton Koopman (University of Leiden)

20.09.19 Freitag/Friday

15:30
Chair: Michael Maul
Der säkulare Bach
Hans-Joachim Hinrichsen: Das Ende des fünften Evangelisten
Noelle Heber: Bach's Sacred Music in a Secular Age

18:00-20:00
Bachs Bibel
Albert Clement: The marginalia in his Calov volumes as a mirror of Joh. Seb. Bach’s thinking: recent research and new perspectives(mit Präsentation der Faksimile-Edition)

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21.09.19 Samstag/Saturday

09:00
Chair: Maria Borghesi
Bach’s Evergreen
Chiara Bertoglio: Quark’s jingle: Reception of the “Air on the G-string” in Italy
Jörg Holzmann: Ambassador of Good Taste? Bach’s Music in TV commercials

11:00
Inspiring Bach
Armando Ianiello: In the name of Bach: observations on the presence of the German composer in Nino Rota’s work
Julian Caskel: Der „perkussive“ Bach: Zur Funktion des Rhythmus in gegenwärtigen Bach-Bearbeitungen

14:30
Chair: Hans-Joachim Hinrichsen
Sichtbare Musik
Anastasia Vedyakova: Bach In Japanese Cinema: The Chorale For Sakura Blossom
Michael Heinemann Szenen mit Bach

16:30
Bach heute
Ton Koopman: Bach heute – Thesen zur Diskussion

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22.09.19 Sonntag/Sunday

09:30-13:00
Chair: Michael Heinemann
Leipzigs neuer Bach
Michael Maul: Bachs Ring und der Papst – Konzepte für Bach-Feste
Christiane Hausmann: Bach 333

Bach-Agenda 2020
Markus Müller: Interactive Bach Cantatas App
Maria Borghesi/Chiara Bertoglio: www.jsbach.it

Konferenzsprachen: deutsch, englisch

Änderungen vorbehalten.

The attention dedicated to J. S. Bach seems to be continually growing all over the world. Since decades, the web of Bach-scholars oversteps borders and oceans, offering more and more occasions to meet and discuss about issues related to the German Kantor. Topics related to the reception history of Bach have finally achieved an appropriate relevance in Bach’s companions published in Europe, United States and the East. For example, in Bach und die Nachwelt, Michael Heinemann and Hans-Joachim Hinrichsen collected a series of snapshots describing the history of the composer’s reception from 1750 to 2000. However, except for major initiatives organised for anniversaries (mostly 1950, 1985, and 2000), it lacks an updated discussion on the current reception of Bach.

The international conference Bach at Dawn of 2020: Reception and Imaginaries in the Digital Era aims at giving a multifaceted portrait of the interest for the composer and his music, by carefully considering the impact of digital media on the reception processes. For this purpose, the conference will integrate individual scientific papers, monothematic panel sessions, round-tables and public speaking, to a maximum of 15 presenters.

Proposals from all disciplines are welcomed, especially for subjects related to humanities (from the fields of musicology, literature, history, sociology, arts, and digital humanities), as well as reflections deriving from topical experiences related to Bach. The conference is intended for scholars at all stages of their careers. The purpose is to further develop a web of Bach’s scholars, performers, and promoters, and to build an updated image of Bach through diverse methodological and disciplinary perspectives. The conference language is English, to assure international communication among all participants coming from Germany and abroad.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Bach on the Web: new readings and tools
• From materiality to immateriality: Bach texts and sounds
• Bach and the contemporary audiences
• Multimedia Bach performances: a necessity?
• To promote Bach: local and global visions
• Bach on screen: cinema, tv, computer, tablet or smartphone
• A massive inheritance: the role of the Bach’s reception history in the contemporary perception

A selection of papers and round-table conference reports will be published in a collective book titled Bach 2020: Reception and Imaginaries in the Digital Era and edited in English and German by Michael Heinemann and Maria Borghesi.

Proposals should be submitted in one document to stopspam_6eb4858b2ab57b5dd08f4d5f078a931c by 31 May 2019. Please enclose with the abstract (max. 250 words) an indication of the preferred format (single paper, panel, participation in a round table), a list of key-words (max. 5), a short CV (max. 150 words) and personal details. Audio-visual equipment will be provided; musical instruments (piano and harpsichord) can be requested.

Time Schedule

• 31^st May: call for papers deadline
• 15^st June: announcement of the results of the call for papers
• 30^th June: acceptance deadline
• 15^th July: program announcement

Prof. Michael Heinemann, stopspam_6eb4858b2ab57b5dd08f4d5f078a931c
Ms. Maria Borghesi