Four compete for Bach’s old job
mainSt Thomas Church in Leipzig has summoned four cantors to audition. They are:
Markus Teutschbein of Basle;
Clemens Flämig of Halle;
KMD Prof. Dr. h.c. Markus Johannes Langer of Rostock;
and Matthias Jung of the Dresden Boys’ choir.
Details here.
It may require four people to do Sebastian Bach’s job.
Is it too much to mention that Bach actually was a COMPOSER, and no, this consequently is NOT for his old job, unless we would do without all the music that is already there, which I don’t think is going to disappear? Not even given 21th century “etiquette.”