services:

TERRANOVA SERVICES

- nights at mid-range hotels incl. breakfast

- lunch packs or picnics (on cycling days)

- all entrance fees to museums and churches: St

Wenzel Church Naumburg, Heinrich Schutz House

Weißenfels, Chapel of Neu-Augustusburg Castle

Weißenfels, Bach Museum Leipzig,

Wilhelm-Friedemann-Bach-House Halle, George

Frederic Handel Museum Halle, City Palace Köthen,

Church St. Agnes Köthen

- City tours in Weimar, Leipzig, Köthen

- Organ tour and organ concert in St Wenzel Church

Naumburg, Hildebrandt organ

- 5 concerts of Köthen Bach Festival:

Fr, 4.9.20, 6 pm, Spiegelsaal in Köthen Castle: Isabelle

Faust

Sa, 5.9.20, 7.30 pm, Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Saal:

Midori Seiler

Sa, 5.9.20, 9.30 pm, Church St. Agnus: St. John

Passion

Su, 6.9.20, 2 pm, Church St. Jakob: RIAS

Kammerchor

Su, 6.9.20, 5 pm, Church St. Jakob: Final concert

- Luggage transport from first to last hotel

- Guided Tour

- List of equipment

- Sheet music and information leaflets on Bach’s

compositions

Optional extras:

- Rental trekking bike: 60 EUR

- Rental e-bike: 180 EUR

all bikes include bike bags, locks, tools

- Helmet: 10 EUR

- Return shuttle from Köthen to Weimar (incl.

person, luggage and individual bike): 40 EUR

added options / discounts:

Rental trekking bike: 60 €

Rental e-bike (Pedelec) 180 €

Return shuttle from Köthen to Weimar

(incl. person, luggage and individual

bike):

40 €

Helmet 10 €

dates & prices:

Bach by Bike: Guided Biketour to the Bach-Festival:

Weimar to Köthen - 10 Days

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) lived all his life in what is today Thuringia,

Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. As a world-famous composer, it is extraordinary that his

life and work took place almost entirely within this limited area. On long-distance

bike paths, you will discover the charming landscapes of the Thuringian Forest, you

will explore museums, memorials and many original, preserved places. In addition,

you will meet people who protect Bach’s heritage. Guided tours of organs, exclusive

visits, intimate concerts and – for those who enjoy singing – sight-reading of Bach

chorales during breaks will round off the trip.

Exclusive bike journey on the trail of Johann Sebastian Bach:

Two young musicians have developed a unique cycling tour for culture and nature lovers.

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) lived all his life in what is today Thuringia, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt.

As a world-famous composer, it is extraordinary that his life and work took place almost entirely within this

limited area.

Mareike Neumann and Anna-Luise Oppelt, two young Bach- and bike-enthusiasts, took the opportunity to

develop a unique journey from Bach’s birthplace Eisenach to his place of death, Leipzig. Come with us and

“experience” Bach by Bike! The tours, depending on the variant, include not only Eisenach and Leipzig, but

also Mühlhausen, Gotha, Wechmar, the Bach family’s ancestral home town, and Ohrdruf, Arnstadt,

Dornheim, Erfurt, Weimar, Naumburg, Weißenfels, Halle and Köthen.

On long-distance bike paths, you will discover the charming landscapes of the Thuringian Forest, Ilm Valley,

the wine-producing area Saale/Unstrut and the Saxonian Burgenland. You will explore museums, memorials

and many original, preserved places, such as Dornheim Church, Bach’s wedding church. In addition, you will

meet people who, often on voluntary basis, protect Bach’s heritage. Guided tours of organs, exclusive visits,

intimate concerts and – for those who enjoy singing – sight-reading of Bach chorales during breaks will

round off the trip. The well-stocked travel package includes a full-service luggage service, packed lunches

and selected, bicycle-friendly hotels along the scenic route. Upon request, bicycles and E-bikes can be hired.

The project inspired other musicians: the patronage of Bach by Bike has the Starbratschist Nils Mönkemeyer

taken.

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DAY 1, SELF ORGANIZED ARRIVAL AND WEIMAR

We meet at 3 pm. at the hotel in Weimar. If you booked a rental bike, we already meet at 2pm. In Weimar,

29.08.2020 - 07.09.2020 - Unterkünfte - Bach by Bike

pro Person im Doppelzimmer 1650 €

pro Person im Einzelzimmer 1900 €

you are guided around the surviving Bach sites, such as the city castle and city church, where many of Bach’s

children where baptised. After this there is some time to explore the city.

DAY 2, WEIMAR – NAUMBURG, 58 KM

We take the idyllic Ilm Valley bike trail going past castles, such as the summer residence of Weimar’s dukes

and duchesses. Finally, we get to the Thuringian Wine Gate and the spa town of Bad Sulza. A few kilometres

onwards, we leave the Ilm behind and for the rest of the day follow the trail along the Saale, passing by

romantic castles until we reach Bad Kösen with its impressive graduation works. Further on our way, the

route leads us along the lower vineyards of Saale/Unstrut until we arrive in Naumburg.

DAY 3, NAUMBURG – WEIßENFELS, 20 KM

In Naumburg a guided tour of the famous Hildebrandt organ awaits us, which conveys the singularity of

Bach’s sound ideal until today. You can also visit the city with the famous dome individually. After lunch we

cycle to Weißenfels to visit the Heinrich Schütz House.

DAY 4, WEIßENFELS – LEIPZIG, 60 KM

The next morning brings a guided tour of the chapel of Neu-Augustburg Castle and a visit at the Jägerhof, the

place Bach’s Hunting Cantata was performed for the first time. Later, we cycle east towards the White Elster.

If the weather is nice we stop at the baroque castle Wiederau for lunch, and enjoy coffee and cake whilst

listening to a cantata dedicated to Wiederau. The tour continues on the Elster bikeway through the Leipzig

lake district to Leipzig. The evening is at your free disposal.

DAY 5, LEIPZIG

After an extensive tour around the city’s many Bach sites, there is an opportunity to visit the Bach Museum

and explore the city individually.

DAY 6, LEIPZIG – HALLE A. D. SAALE, 40 KM

We leave Leipzig behind and cycle along the dikes of the White Elster until we reach the city center of Halle.

Here, we visit the Museum of the eldest Bach Son, Wilhelm Friedemann-Bach-House, and the

George-Frederic-Handel- Museum, Handel being one famous Bach contemporary.

DAY 7, HALLE A. D. SAALE – KÖTHEN, 50 KM

Today we continue to the final stage of the trip which leads us across the Petersberg (“Mount Peter”) and

further along the Fuhne to the residential city of Köthen. In the evening we will visit a concert of the Köthen

Bach Festival with Isabelle Faust and Bach´s Solo Sonatas and Partitas for violin in the Spiegelsaal of Köthen

Castle. We recommend that you book further concerts of the festival for the days in Köthen individually

directly via Köthen Bach Festival (ticket sale starts on December 1, 2019).

DAY 8, KÖTHEN BACH FESTIVAL

Today there are many opportunities for exploring the city. Here, Bach held his fourth post. We spend the

morning at the Bach exhibition in the city palace and later on discover Bach’s traces during a tour of the city.

In the evening we listen to two concerts of the Bach festival: first to violinist Midori Seiler joined by dancers in

Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Saal and after that to a version of St. John Passion for tenor, harpsichord/organ and

drums in St. Agnus Church.

DAY 9, KÖTHEN BACH FESTIVAL

On Sunday morning there is time to visit concerts of the festival individually. In the afternoon at 2 pm we visit

a concert of famous RIAS Kammerchor with motets of the Bach family in St. Jakob Church, followed by the

final concert at 5 pm, where the Köthener BachCollektiv will join various artist of the festival with music by J.

S. Bach and Vivaldi. We will spend the evening together.

DAY 10, DEPARTURE

After breakfast everyone will embark on their individual journey home. Alternatively, you can join our return

shuttle to Weimar.

Unterkünfte - Bach by Bike

Auf unseren drei Bach by Bike Reisen übernachten Sie überwiegend in 3- und 4-Sterne-Hotels. Um die

authentischen Bach-Schauplätze mit dem Rad erleben zu können, sind einige der Hotels einfacher als der

gewohnte terranova Standard.

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