nine lullabies for a new world

 Composer’s notes

When Nils Mönkemeyer asked me to write a piece as a Hommage à Bach that would function as a sound bridge between two Bach suites, I was likewise fascinated and aware of the particular responsibility. After several attempts I decided to write a piece that refers to the energy and importance of Bach’s work for me. That way I developed the nine lullabies. All nine miniatures are moments of a certain mood that do not correspond to the character of major or minor modes, but to a distant remembrance of chants from a fantasy world. Composing these pieces resembled painting colorfully over the first Bach suite on transparent paper.