J.S.Bach's St.Thomas Church, Leipzig. Organ music (25-26/01/2009)

J.S.Bach's St.Thomas Church, Leipzig. Organ music (25-26/01/2009) Some pics and video from the St.Thomas church (Thomaskirche), in Leipzig (Saxony - Germany). This first visit there was very exciting for me. The Thomaskirche (St. Thomas Church) is a Lutheran church in Leipzig, Germany. It is most famous as the place where Johann Sebastian Bach worked as a cantor, and where his remains currently lie. The composer Johann Sebastian Bach was choir director at St. Thomas Church from 1723 until his death in 1750. There has been a church at the current site of the Thomaskirche since the 12th century. Between 1212 and 1222 the preceeding church became the new St. Thomas Monastery of the Augustinian order. In 1217, The Minnesinger, or troubador (see Minnesang), Heinrich von Morungen bequeathed to the church a relic of St. Thomas as he entered the canon after a trip to India. After several reconstructions (remains of an earlier Romanesque church were found during archaeological excavations), the current building, an example of late Gothic architecture, was consecrated by Thilo of Trotha, the Bishop of Merseburg, on April 10, 1496. The reformer Martin Luther preached here on pentacostal Sunday in 1539. Today, it is a Lutheran church. The tower was first built in 1537 and reconstructed in 1702, leading to its current height of 68 meters. From: RADAMES1983 Views: 4900 8 ratings Time: 06:43 More in Music