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A city full of music
As you might have noticed, I was a bit quiet during the last few days. The reason for this was the German Easter break. The Friday before and the Monday after Easter are public holidays here in Germany. My wife and I used these days to visit Leipzig, a city full of music as we found out.

For Friday night we had tickets for the St. John's Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach lived and worked in Leipzig for many years. This statue of Bach is located right in front of the Thomas Church ("Thomaskirche"):

Bach himself used to conduct concerts in the Thomas Church. The Thomas Church is also the place where Bach is burried. His grave is on the front left of this picture:

My wife and I were able to hear the St. John's Passion in the same church where Back himself used to conduct. It was a strange, but great feeling! The music and the singing was amazing!!! It's not a surprise that both the orchestra and the choir are famous!

Many other composers have been in Leipzig, too. For example, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy and Mozart spent some time in Leipzig. Another famous church in Leipzig where Bach actually played the St. John's Passion for the first time is the Nikolai Church that is shown on the following two pictures:

A completely different kind of "music" is created by this thing:

My wife (the hands do not belong to her!) was really fascinated by this thing. It makes some kind of humming sound when you rub the handles with wet hands. In addition, the water begins to sputter/bubble. Oh, during our walks through the streets we came also across this innovative mobil fast food "restaurant":

( Mrz 29 2005, 11:03:49 AM CEST ) Permalink Kommentare [1]

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Great pictures to share.

Gesendet von M. Mortazavi am März 29, 2005 at 11:17 PM CEST #

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