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BachUniverse – Spaces Beyond the Score

Here, voices, ideas and formats come together to allow Bach’s work to be experienced from a variety of perspectives.

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Music, knowledge, inspiration

Immerse yourself in Bach’s work

In the “Bach Universe” section, we offer you a broad range of additional video content such as our “Ruedi to go” short films, interviews with our artists, improvisations by Rudolf Lutz and much more. On the “Youth for Bach” page, we document our work with young musicians and audiences, which plays a key role in the work of the J.S. Bach Foundation. Welcome to our “Bach stage” area!

Understanding Bach

  • Fugue

    What is a fugue and how is it composed?
    31. October 2023

  • Counterpoint

    What do we mean, when we refer to "counterpoints"?
    31. October 2023

  • Inventio

    In the baroque time "inventio" was a musical idea.
    28. June 2023

  • Da capo

    "Da capo" is a musical directive that one finds very often in classical music and certainly in Bach's music as…
    25. May 2023
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    Chorale

    How did the chorale originate and why is it so important in Bach’s music?
    11. August 2021

  • Cantus firmus

    In this video, Ruedi explains why the cantus firmus long functioned as a "religious mother-tongue".
    11. August 2021

  • Canon versus Fugue

    Canon or fugue? What's the difference?
    11. August 2021

  • Neapolitan sixth chord

    An important cadential chord in Bach's music.
    2. April 2021

  • BACH FACTORY on BWV 56 “Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen”

    BACH FACTORY on BWV 56 "Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen"
    6. October 2024

  • BACH FACTORY on BWV 12 “Weinen, klagen, sorgen, zagen”

    BACH FACTORY on BWV 12 "Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen"
    12. April 2024

  • BACH FACTORY on BWV 41 “Jesu, nun sei gepreiset”

    BACH FACTORY on BWV 41 "Jesu, nun sei gepreiset"
    14. January 2024

  • BACH FACTORY on BWV 191 “Gloria in excelsis Deo”

    BACH FACTORY on BWV 191 "Gloria in excelsis Deo"
    17. December 2023

  • BACH FACTORY on BWV 61 “Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland”

    BACH FACTORY on BWV 61 "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland"
    10. December 2023

  • BACH FACTORY on BWV 140 “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme”

    BACH FACTORY on BWV 140 "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme"
    26. November 2023

  • BACH FACTORY on BWV 80 “Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott”

    BACH FACTORY on BWV 80 "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott"
    29. October 2023

  • BACH FACTORY on BWV 169 “Gott soll allein mein Herze haben”

    BACH FACTORY on BWV 169 "Gott soll allein mein Herze haben"
    10. September 2023

  • Youth for Bach

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    “Bach 8000 – young musicians climb the musical Himalayas”

    Documentary film on the 2020 Youth Project of the J. S. Bach Foundation
    15. November 2020
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    Bach meets Pollock (part II)

    Inspired by Bach's Cello Suite in G major, young people experiment with action painting
    18. April 2018

  • Bach meets Pollock (part I)

    An action-painting experiment celebrating the 333rd anniversary of Bach's birth
    20. March 2018

  • Kantonsschule St. Gallen meets Rudolf Lutz and BWV 25

    High school students learn and sing the final chorale of cantata BWV 25 "Es ist nicht Gesundes an meinem Leibe"…
    5. January 2018
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    “ChorALL” – High school students from the Kantonsschule in Trogen, Switzerland, sing with the Choir & Orchestra of the J. S. Bach Foundation of St. Gallen

    Since 2006, the J. S. Bach Foundation of St. Gallen has been realising a 25-year project to perform the entire…
    5. May 2017

  • Performance of “Bach bewegt” (Bach moves) – Royston Maldoom

    Renowned dance pedagogue Royston Maldoom is literally setting Bach’s music in motion – in a unique dance project with students…
    9. September 2016

  • Documentary on “Bach bewegt” (Bach moves) – Royston Maldoom

    Documentary on the unique dance project by Royston Maldoom with students at the "SBW Haus des Lernens"
    21. August 2016

  • Lutz & Bach

  • “Magnificat” – Andreas Hofer (1629–1684)

    Recording of the Magnificat by Andreas Hofer
    14. July 2022

  • The “Concerto in Re” for the Bach Orchestras of the World

    a tribute to Johann Sebastian Bach by Rudolf Lutz
    7. July 2022

  • Landsgemeindekantate «Alles Leben strömt aus dir»

    Chorale cantata – Bachian in style, but original in content
    27. April 2018

  • Rudolf Lutz and Xoán Castiñeira play J. S. Bach’s “Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit”

    Rudolf Lutz and Xoán Castiñeira play J. S. Bach's "Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit" transcribed by György Kurtág
    7. September 2020

  • Bach im Fluss

    a thematic collage of selected movements from cantatas and instrumental works
    11. October 2011

  • Kaleidoscope

  • Bach & Brahms – BWV 27 «Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende» and op. 45 «Ein deutsches Requiem»

    Played on historical instruments, live recording
    9. April 2025
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    Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony no. 3, opus 55 “Eroica”

    Performed on period instruments
    15. March 2023

  • Joseph Haydn – Missa in tempore belli, Hob. XXII:9 «Paukenmesse»

    Performed on period instruments
    18. July 2022

  • “Magnificat” – Andreas Hofer (1629–1684)

    Recording of the Magnificat by Andreas Hofer
    14. July 2022

  • Advent with the J. S. Bach Foundation

    Musical Advent greeting
    23. December 2020

  • Advent with the J. S. Bach Foundation

    Musical Advent Greeting "Nun danket alle Gott"
    19. December 2020

  • Advent with the J. S. Bach Foundation

    Christmas medley by Rudolf Lutz
    14. December 2020

  • Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony no. 9, opus 125

    Performed on period instruments
    21. September 2020

  • Katharina Arfken on the characteristics of baroque woodwind instruments

    A peek behind the scenes – Katharina Arfken
    8. June 2020

  • Alto soloist Claude Eichenberger in discussion with Xoán Castiñeira

    Life as an interpreter of Bach's music
    3. March 2020

  • “Secular Bach” – Secular cantatas and their performance venues

    Konrad Hummler in discussion with Rudolf Lutz
    2. October 2019

  • Interview with Klaus Mertens

    A peek behind the scenes - Klaus Mertens
    13. June 2019

  • Interview with choir assistant Clemens Flämig

    A peek behind the scenes – Clemens Flämig
    7. June 2019

  • Advent with the J. S. Bach Foundation

    Musical Advent greeting
    23. December 2020

  • Advent with the J. S. Bach Foundation

    Musical Advent Greeting "Nun danket alle Gott"
    19. December 2020

  • Advent with the J. S. Bach Foundation

    Christmas medley by Rudolf Lutz
    14. December 2020

  • Advent with the J. S. Bach Foundation

    Musical Advent Greeting
    18. December 2019

  • Advent with the J. S. Bach Foundation

    Musical Advent greeting
    10. December 2019

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