“Symphony Space has given us a wonderful present for Sebastian’s 325th birthday,” says Mike Lawrence, whose terrific documentary, BACH & friends, will have its New York premiere at Symphony Space’s Peter Jay Sharp Theatre on May 16.
The Sunday evening premiere, beginning at 7:30 p.m., will be followed by a screening of complete performances of the Bach works that were excerpted for the film, which will be shown again on May 23 and 30. Tickets go on sale April 1.
Take a look at one of the performances, Robert Tiso playing the “Toccata and Fugue in D minor” on the glass harp:
“We hope to have lots of the performers at each screening,” Lawrence says. “I am currently working on setting up premieres in San Francisco, Washington D.C. and Baltimore. A prominent art house booker has made an offer for a theatrical run, and Sony Entertainment is considering distributing the DVD.”
BACH & friends has been entered in a dozen film festivals, he adds, including the Toronto, Silverdocs, Los Angeles, London, Seattle, Cannes Independent and Chicago festivals. Meanwhile, a Bach birthday event is taking place this weekend in Leipzig, Germany, where the Bach Museum is to re-open after two and a half years of renovation. Bach was born on March 21, 1685. Clips from BACH & friends will be part of the celebration and permanent exhibit in Leipzig.
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Tiso is nothing short of astonishing
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