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| JS Bach in the Nikolaikirche. |
I'm recovering this morning after my visit to Leipzig on one of the hottest days of the year. Never mind, I saw the two places I most wanted to visit, the Thomaskirche and the Nikolaikirche, two of the churches where Bach was organist, Cantor and Director of Music. Ahhhh, wonderful to be so close the the composer I most admire and have lived with all my life. The photo above shows Bach in the Nikolaikirche, a most amazing place with columns resembling palm trees, all green and lush. I will post some more photos later.
Below centre is a photo of the statue of Felix Mendelssohn who was conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in 1841 and was a founder of the Leipzig Conservatory. He died in the city in 1847. This statue is a replica, recast from photos of the original and placed here in 2008. The original was melted down my the Nazis, who banned the playing of his music in the 1930s.
The day was so hot, I had wanted to visit the "Bach Archive" but the heat defeated me, but I can return on another cooler day later in the year. I also took a tumble, I was so busy looking skywards at Bach and the Thomaskirche, that I failed to look where I was going and crashed to the cobbles. Two nice gents picked me up, but today I nurse a cut knuckle, pain and bruising to both knees and hip.
The bottom photo show Bach's tomb in the Thomaskirche. Flowers bedecked the tombstone, and I wished I had some little part of me to leave as a connection with the great man. I will return on a cooler day.
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| Mendelssohn's Statue. |
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| JS Bach's Tombstone in the Thomaskirche. |
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