Christmas with Bach: A festive film evening in the Nikolaikirche!

Christmas with Bach: A festive film evening in the Nikolaikirche!

The film “Bach - A Christmas Wonder” will soon be performed in the atmospheric Nikolaikirche in Eisenach. This impressive demonstration, which takes place on December 9th, is the result of a cooperation between the Mitteldeutsche Church newspaper "Faith + Heimat" and the Achava Festival Thuringia e.V. The entry to this event is free, but donations are requested. The special features of the event include welcoming speeches of personalities such as Willi Wild, the editor -in -chief of "Faith and Home", as well as Martin Kranz, the director of the Achava Festival, and Pastor Armin Pöhlmann. The “Salam Kitchen” cooking project, which offers potato soup, mulled wine and other drinks, ensures the culinary care. Like Eisenachonline.de reported, the admission starts at 5:45 p.m., and the film performance is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.

The history of the film takes place in Leipzig in December 1734 and revolves around the preparations of Johann Sebastian Bach for his latest work, the "Christmas Oratorio". During this time, the Bach family gathers to celebrate the Christmas festival. The story addresses the challenges with which Bach is faced with, in particular its difficulties with the city and consistory council, which is skeptical about his music. The music of the film is largely helped by the Thoman Choir Leipzig under the direction of Andreas Reice and the Thomas Organist Johannes Lang. Production is part of the ongoing cooperation between the Evangelical Church and the media production, as can be read on the website of Achava Festival

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