Bach's Echo: The German Romantics' Relationship to the Music of Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach is the spiritual focal point of this organ recital. Romantic works demonstrate how his forms and ideas continued to influence subsequent generations—as an echo, as creative reinterpretation, and as inspiration. Fantasy and Fugue blend with colorful sonic poetry and Romantic expressiveness. The program concludes with Rheinberger’s festive prelude “Zur Friedensfeier” (For the Celebration of Peace), an impressive musical vision of hope and peace. Ekaterina Kofanova (Basel) performs on the historic Walcker organ. Ekaterina Kofanova is the titular organist at St. Peter’s Church in Basel and artistic director of the St. Peter Organ Society. As an organist, she maintains an active concert schedule in Switzerland and other European countries. The program features works by Gustav Merkel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Hans Huber, Robert Schumann, Philipp Wolfrum, and Josef Gabriel Rheinberger.