The first concert in Aarhus Bach Society's series "Bach and Friends" brings today's musicians into dialogue with Bach. Kasper Staub and Soffie Viemose, singer-songwriters and members of the internationally recognised indiepop band Lowly, perform "24 preludes" inspired by the old master.
The two have worked together for years with free improvisation, a practice that was widespread in Bach's time but has lost its place in classical and popular music alike. Drawing on Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier, they will play 12 improvised preludes in different major and minor keys. Both teach at the Royal Danish Academy of Music's Jutland branch and the Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen, where they are researching the method.
