| 20:00 | From young to old
Ready for the unexpected?
New Chambers Sanssouci / Address: Ovid Gallery
Lisa Rydberg, violin
Gunnar Idenstam, harmonium
Minuets, gavottes, polskas, waltzes & more
by J. S. Bach and other Swedish folk musicians
Scandinavians have a tendency to fearlessly deal with distinguished repertoire and tear down walls between what in Germany is referred to as "serious" and "entertaining" music. Two clever Swedes have unearthed the great Bach, taken his folksy roots as a "municipal piper" and put them onto a Swedish dance floor – and behold – he has grown roots immediately and is flourishing. And the harmonium can also do a lot more than accompanying sacred music: when it was used as all-round instrument, quite similar to contemporary keyboards, it was at times and not only in Sweden more popular then the piano. Its renaissance in the modern folk scene is more than deserved. "Bach in Swedish" is suitable for both Bach and Swedish beginners and makes perfect sense without using a dictionary: the combination shakes several legs.