{"id":366,"date":"2014-07-18T22:59:07","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T20:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bach-bogen.de\/blog\/thecelloupgrade\/?p=366"},"modified":"2026-06-12T16:59:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T14:59:13","slug":"lorin-maazel-and-michael-bach-in-conversation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bach-bogen.de\/blog\/thecelloupgrade\/lorin-maazel-and-michael-bach-in-conversation\/","title":{"rendered":"Lorin Maazel on the BACH.Bow \u2013 A Conversation with Michael Bach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bach-bogen.de\/blog\/thecelloupgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/08\/Britain.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bach-bogen.de\/blog\/thecelloupgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/08\/Britain.jpg\" alt=\"Britain\" width=\"38\" height=\"24\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_964\" style=\"width: 634px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-964\" class=\"wp-image-964\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bach-bogen.de\/blog\/thecelloupgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/07\/Maazel-dpa-PNS-6147133-298x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bach-bogen.de\/blog\/thecelloupgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/07\/Maazel-dpa-PNS-6147133-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.bach-bogen.de\/blog\/thecelloupgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/07\/Maazel-dpa-PNS-6147133-1019x1024.jpg 1019w, https:\/\/www.bach-bogen.de\/blog\/thecelloupgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/07\/Maazel-dpa-PNS-6147133-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bach-bogen.de\/blog\/thecelloupgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/07\/Maazel-dpa-PNS-6147133-768x772.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bach-bogen.de\/blog\/thecelloupgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/07\/Maazel-dpa-PNS-6147133-1528x1536.jpg 1528w, https:\/\/www.bach-bogen.de\/blog\/thecelloupgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/07\/Maazel-dpa-PNS-6147133-2038x2048.jpg 2038w, https:\/\/www.bach-bogen.de\/blog\/thecelloupgrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/07\/Maazel-dpa-PNS-6147133-624x627.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-964\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">KREUZSTAB-CANTATA \/ \/ Conductor LORIN MAAZEL (with Violin) ZDF TV broadcast, February 1969. Photo: dpa<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">This is a translation of the post \u201e<strong><em>Lorin Maazel und Michael Bach im Gespr\u00e4ch\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>\u201c by James Higgins.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Historical Document<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>In September 1999, conductor and violinist Lorin Maazel met Michael Bach in Munich to discuss the BACH.Bow, a curved bow developed for sustained polyphonic playing on string instruments. The conversation took place during a crucial phase in the bow\u2019s development and offers a rare insight into Maazel\u2019s thoughts on musical innovation, instrumental technique, and the future of string playing.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">I am publishing this interview in memory of Lorin Maazel, who passed away on 13 July 2014. It documents our meeting at the Gasteig in Munich on 7 September 1999, during which we discussed the development and musical possibilities of the BACH.Bow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Lorin Maazel first became interested in the curved bow when he witnessed my initial working session with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bach-bogen.de\/mstislav-rostropovich\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Mstislav Rostropovich<\/u><\/a> in Berlin in 1998. At that time, he was conducting his own Music for Violoncello and Orchestra at the Berlin Philharmonie.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Our conversation in Munich was the first opportunity for Lorin Maazel to examine the BACH.Bow in detail and to respond to its implications for string playing. Looking back, this meeting marks an important stage in the development of the instrument. Two years later, I presented the redesigned BACH.Bow in Paris at the Concours de Violoncelle Rostropovitch. The new model reflected insights gained through several years of dialogue with Mstislav Rostropovich and became the basis of all subsequent versions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Beyond his achievements as one of the world&#8217;s leading conductors, Lorin Maazel was also an exceptional violinist. His interest in the BACH.Bow reflected a deep curiosity about the future possibilities of string playing and musical expression.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Inspired by our encounter, I later composed the work 3 Pitches, 11 Sounds (2000) for violin with curved bow, based on the letters of his name.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Michael Bach<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>(&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Michael Bach<\/strong>: If you wish \u2026 you can also play one single line, just one voice, with the bow hairs relatively loose. And this gives of course \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">[demonstrating on the cello]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u2026 a different sound.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Lorin Maazel<\/strong>: So, of course &#8211; what can I say? One must try it out!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">And, it is a question whether I could keep two curved bows at home for some \u2026 I do not know, how long I will be in Munich \u2026 I stay in Munich another 5 days and in Europe another 10 days. Then I am in the United States and do not come back before January.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">But I need only about 2 days, but now I am too busy. But, in principle, this interests me. It would be much better to look at this in January when I will be here for 6 months. Then I will be able, without disruption, maybe during 1 month, to keep 1 to 2 curved bows \u2013 and see what I can do with it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Because, I am a big admirer of Bach, I play all these things, and am always unhappy, with all solutions, I mean the Arpeggios \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">My bridge is quite flat, I have a good violin, and I get 3 notes easily, but one is not able to do 4 (laughs).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>MB<\/strong>: But 3 notes \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>LM<\/strong>: \u2026 quite in forte.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>MB<\/strong>: \u2026 strongly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>LM<\/strong>: And if I should play softly\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">(<strong>MB<\/strong> demonstrates soft chords in the cello)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>LM<\/strong>: You make these bow changes completely skilfully. This cannot be easy \u2026 at the tip \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>MB<\/strong>: At the tip it is the most difficult. (demonstrates on the cello)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>LM<\/strong>: One can hardly make a joint movement, right?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>MB<\/strong>: On the violin this is different. But with this bow it goes better\u2026 because the position is approximately that of the normal bow. This was the goal. The question is, and so my question to you would be: Should one change something else as well? In fact there are whole fresh prototypes which are just lacquered and still in the test phase.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>LM<\/strong>: The real old curved bows, they are not to be used any more, or are they?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>MB<\/strong>: I don\u2019t know any of these.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>LM<\/strong>: (laughs) They are not \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>MB<\/strong>: I have never seen one. So there are sculptures, stone sculptures \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>LB<\/strong>: Photographs \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>MB<\/strong>: But these curved bows had no mechanics at the grip.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>LM<\/strong>: One had to do this with the thumb, then\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">I have seen sometimes that one turns around the bow \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>MB<\/strong>: Yes, yes, Paganini \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>LM<\/strong>: Yes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>MB<\/strong>: \u2026 he made such experiments. On the violin this works, on the cello not. He played this way polyphonically. There are sketches by him. {of him?} Very interesting. I do not know whether you know about this?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>LM<\/strong>: Yes, I have seen such a thing. I have also tried such a thing where one holds, actually, the violin and the bow in such a way, one must detach the frog, the violin comes in between (between bow hair and bow stick), and then one plays like this (demonstrates without instrument).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">It is astonishing how many notes one can play at the same time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Why do you have this here \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>MB<\/strong>: I must be able to\u2026 (demonstrates on the cello) pull up here \u2026 with the small finger.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>LM<\/strong>: Oh, I see. So one needs \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>MB<\/strong>: One needs a hold. Whether it should be so big, this is another question.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>LM<\/strong>: So \u2026 ah \u2026 I have understood. Somewhere the hand must be stable. Then here \u2026 and this movement one can make easier. I understand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>MB<\/strong>: The other problem was that the hand could slip. Therefore this stop.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>LM<\/strong>: OK, please give me for to play approx. 3 curved bows of different kind. I play with a rather light bow. So, I do not think that it is such a big difference.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">But it would interest me. I have a meeting with violinists, \u2026 and how this (the curved bow) sounds on a good violin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>MB<\/strong>: (takes another prototype) This bow is better, it offers more support, a better grip. I think, one could make a high curved bow with this grip.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>LM<\/strong>: OK, we try this. And then also with this grip. Yes, OK. We do this in such a way. And I will try this because it interests me very much (laughs).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Do you know professor R\u00f6hn?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>MB<\/strong>: Yes, by name.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">(<strong>LM<\/strong> gets Mr. Andreas R\u00f6hn, concert master of the Munich philharmonic orchestra.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>LM<\/strong>: (to Andreas R\u00f6hn) I would like to show you something.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>AR<\/strong>: Yes, with pleasure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>LM<\/strong>: This is Mr. Bach, this is Mr. R\u00f6hn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>MB<\/strong>: I know your recording of Rudi Stephan\u2019s violin concerto.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>AR<\/strong>: Yes, I have played it very often.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>LM<\/strong>: An excellent cellist and, he has specialised in BACH.Bows and \u2026 it is astonishing \u2026 he has designed different models \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">(<strong>MB<\/strong> demonstrates on the cello)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>MB<\/strong>: This is the flat curved bow \u2026 and this, the high curved one, \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>LM<\/strong>: It is an astonishing sound.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>MB<\/strong>: \u2026 sounds like that [demonstrates]: four voices up to the tip.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>LM<\/strong>: This way one can play chords softly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>AR<\/strong>: Yes, one must be incredibly sure of the left hand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>LM<\/strong>: Until now, I have not really played the curved bow, though I have tried &#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>AR<\/strong>: I am not able to do it at all \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>LM<\/strong>: Yes, but one need touch it only for 2 minutes and then one dares \u2026 I have felt it on my hand [LM tried out the curved bow without a violin and used his left hand as a substitute] and, nevertheless, after 2 minutes I have understood a little bit (laughs).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">At the beginning one thinks it is not possible at all \u2026 and then one realizes, that \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>AR<\/strong>: And these are the different models?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>MB<\/strong>: Yes, these are all different models.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>LM<\/strong>: And with that one can keep the bow under control. Well, I leave you both to it! [laughter]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a translation of the post \u201eLorin Maazel und Michael Bach im Gespr\u00e4ch\u00a0\u201c by James Higgins. Historical Document In September 1999, conductor and violinist Lorin Maazel met Michael Bach in Munich to discuss the BACH.Bow, a curved bow developed for sustained polyphonic playing on string instruments. 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