Beatrice de Graaf about crisis 31 May 2025 The series Reflect with Bach combines cantatas that prompt reflection with spoken texts about topical questions of life and death. Today's theme: crisis. View the production
Instrumental fireworks 22 May - 25 May 2025 ‘Queen of the Baroque violin’ Rachel Podger will lead and inspire the Bach Society with her violin. Instrumental fireworks sparked off by one of today’s best Baroque violinists. View the production
St Matthew Passion 04 Apr - 19 Apr 2025 Every year, for more than a century, we have been performing one of Bach’s most popular works: the St Matthew Passion. This year, the prominent German conductor Hans-Christoph Rademann is leading our ensemble. View the production
Lamentations 18 Apr - 19 Apr 2025 The Netherlands Bach Society has a long tradition of Lamentation concerts: an intimate concert early in the morning on Good Friday and Holy Saturday, prior to the St Matthew Passion. View the production
Bach at his finest 23 Feb - 28 Feb 2025 Which work did Bach regard as his finest? There’s a good chance it might have been the Mass in B Minor. This programme presents the foundations of this masterpiece: three cantatas that Bach used at the end of his life, in the Mass in B Minor. View the production
Ewoud Kieft about power 22 February 2025 The series Reflect with Bach combines cantatas that prompt reflection with spoken texts about topical questions of life and death. Today's theme: power. View the production
Christmas Oratorio 07 Dec - 22 Dec 2024 It wouldn’t be Christmas without the Christmas Oratorio. And the Bach Society is also celebrating the birth of Jesus with this brilliant work. View the production
Marjolijn van Heemstra about compassion 07 December 2024 The series Reflect with Bach combines cantatas that prompt reflection with spoken texts about topical questions of life and death. Today's theme: compassion. View the production
All Souls 27 Oct - 02 Nov 2024 Remember you must die – but live for the present. A hopeful All Souls’ programme with music by Bach’s predecessors and relatives. View the production
Bach’s compass 14 Sep - 18 Sep 2024 In a world full of crises, Bach gives us something to hold on to. Find a path through daily dilemmas in this cantata programme by famous Bach expert John Butt. View the production
Wonderfeel 19 Jul - 21 Jul 2024 With your feet in the grass listening to a concert by the Bach Society? This summer we will be at Wonderfeel, the three-day outdoor classical music festival. View the production
J.S. Bach - The Apocalypse 12 Jan - 11 Jun 2024 A brand-new opera with music by Bach tells the story of sixteenth-century radicalised Anabaptists. View the production
Stine Jensen about parting 01 June 2024 The series Reflect with Bach combines cantatas that prompt reflection with spoken texts about topical questions of life and death. Today's theme: parting. View the production
Monumental Motets 29 Apr - 04 May 2024 This programme revolves around three of Bach’s wonderful motets, bringing together modesty and exuberance. View the production
NTR Saturday Matinee 13 April 2024 Each year we bring an "alternative passion" to the limelight. This season, the spotlight is on 'Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu' by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. View the production
Lamentations 29 Mar - 30 Mar 2024 An intimate concert early in the morning on Good Friday and Holy Saturday, prior to the St Matthew Passion. View the production
St Matthew Passion 16 Mar - 30 Mar 2024 We have been performing the St Matthew Passion every year since 1922. This year, guest conductor Johanna Soller is giving her artistic vision of this monumental masterpiece. View the production
Eva Meijer about the Apocalypse 20 January 2024 The series Reflect with Bach combines cantatas that prompt reflection with spoken texts about topical questions of life and death. Today's theme: the Apocalypse. View the production
Magnificat! 12 Dec - 22 Dec 2023 This varied Christmas programme starts in the Renaissance and ends with Bach’s masterly Magnificat in its original version. View the production
All Souls 01 Nov - 10 Nov 2023 Every human emotion is expressed in this programme of four well-known and popular Bach cantatas. View the production
Brandenburg Concertos 28 Sep - 07 Oct 2023 Bach applied for a new job with his six ‘Brandenburg’ concertos. View the production
Abdelkader Benali about forgiveness 16 September 2023 The series Reflect with Bach combines cantatas that prompt reflection with spoken texts about topical questions of life and death. Today's theme: forgiveness. View the production
The good and eternal life 30 May 2023 This programme features three cantatas close to the heart of outgoing artistic director Shunske Sato. View the production
Maxim Februari about comfort 27 May 2023 'Reflect with Bach' combines cantatas that prompt reflection with spoken texts about topical questions of life and death. Today's theme is: comfort. View the production
Freedom! 05 May - 07 May 2023 Fascinated by the music of Johann Pachelbel, a great source of inspiration for Johann Sebastian Bach, Meunier compiled this unique programme on the theme of freedom and liberation. View the production
NTR ZaterdagMatinee 22 April 2023 'Die Geburt, Verhaftung, Kreuzigung und Auferstehung Jesu Christi'. Christoph Graupner did not write that work, but the Netherlands Bach Society does tell the 'whole' story from birth to resurrection in four brilliant cantatas. View the production
St Matthew Passion 25 Mar - 08 Apr 2023 Masato Suzuki has been leading the Bach Collegium Japan for a number of years now. This year we have invited Masato to conduct our annual performances of Bach's St Matthew Passion. View the production
Lamentations 2023 07 Apr - 08 Apr 2023 Prior to your visit to the St Matthew Passion, you can go to the Lamentations: intimate concerts on the early morning of Good Friday and Holy Saturday. View the production
Marjoleine de Vos about being true to yourself 11 March 2023 'Reflect with Bach' combines cantatas that prompt reflection with spoken texts about topical questions of life and death. Today's theme is: being true to yourself. View the production
Bach's Fusion 03 Feb - 17 Feb 2023 In this programme, Shunske Sato unravels Bach’s recipe book. His virtuoso violin playing and the brilliant timbres of our instrumental ensemble cook up a true spectacle. View the production
Christmas Oratorio 10 Dec - 23 Dec 2022 Christmas wouldn’t be complete without the Christmas Oratorio. The Bach Society, too, is celebrating the birth of Jesus with this wonderful work. View the production
Corine Koole about love 26 November 2022 'Reflect with Bach' combines cantatas that prompt reflection with spoken texts about topical questions of life and death. Today's theme is: love. View the production
Utrecht 900 years 11 November 2022 n 2022 we will proudly celebrate that Utrecht has had city rights for 900 years. We celebrate this special anniversary with a program based on Georg Friedrich Händel’s compelling Utrecht Te Deum. View the production
All Souls 30 Oct - 05 Nov 2022 To a libretto by Nicolò Minato, this oratorio sings of the delights of eternal life. View the production
Cello Biënnale 24 Oct - 26 Oct 2022 During the Cello Biënnale Amsterdam, the audience will see the cello in all its facets in a program specially developed by the Netherlands Bach Society around Bach's concertos. View the production
Bach & Telemann 29 Sep - 08 Oct 2022 In Baroque Leizpig everything revolved around money, power and pleasure. In this theatrical programme, you can hear that little has actually changed in the past three centuries View the production
Leipzig Bach Festival 15 Jun - 22 Jun 2022 Besides the Bach Festival visitors, we also want to treat our Dutch audiences to magnificent music as the popular cantata Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott. View the production
Bach festival 20 May - 22 May 2022 A whole weekend of concerts by the Netherlands Bach Society in a festival to celebrate our centenary! View the production
St Matthew Passion 2022 02 Apr - 16 Apr 2022 We are celebrating a 100-year-old tradition: we have been performing Bach’s St Matthew Passion in Naarden since 1922. This year, Shunske Sato is conducting Bach's masterpiece as a first-chair violinist. View the production
NTR Saturday Matinee 19 March 2022 We like to champion alternative Passion music. In collaboration with the NTR Saturday Matinee, we focus on a different Passion each year. View the production
The Apocalypse 16 Jan - 13 Mar 2022 CANCELLED - On the occasion of the centenary of the Netherlands Bach Society, we are collaborating with OPERA2DAY on creating the opera that Bach never wrote. View the production
Mass in B minor 11 Dec - 23 Dec 2021 CANCELLED - Bach’s 'best-of' programme, in which he forges his best and finest works into one universal artwork. View the production
Tricks of the Mind 20 Nov - 26 Nov 2021 How does Alzheimer’s affect an artist’s brain? Dr Philip Scheltens, Marc Pantus and the Netherlands Bach Societ shed a unique light on a theme that will be familiar to many. View the production
All Souls 30 Oct - 04 Nov 2021 Our former artistic director Jos van Veldhoven returns to the Bach Society for a comforting All Souls concert. View the production
Bach party! 28 Sep - 09 Oct 2021 A festive anniversary programme filled with musical surprises. Come and celebrate with us! View the production
Kunst der Fuge 25 Sep - 08 Oct 2021 With our own instrumentation of the Kunst der Fuge, we bring out the many colours of the piece and of the Netherlands Bach Society itself. View the production
Bach ❤ Vivaldi 10 Apr - 23 Apr 2021 What is the musical relationship between the young prince Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar, Antonio Vivaldi and Johann Sebastian Bach? View the production
Lamentations 2021 02 Apr - 03 Apr 2021 CANCELLED - Before going to the St Matthew Passion, you can listen to the Lamentations: intimate concerts in the early morning of Good Friday and Holy Saturday. View the production
St Matthew Passion 2021 20 Mar - 03 Apr 2021 CANCELLED - Ingenious dialogues, impressive choirs and an overwhelming mix of styles. View the production
NTR Saturday Matinee 13 March 2021 There are so many more Passions than just Bach’s St Matthew Passion, and we like to stand up for alternative Passion music. View the production
Bach Society x Lucie Horsch 26 Feb - 21 Feb 2021 Lucie Horsch plays solo recorder in a virtuoso Italian programme. View the production
Bach as the basis 04 Feb - 07 Feb 2021 CANCELLED - With the Bach Society orchestra, delve into the incredible diversity of the ‘classical’ symphony. View the production
Christmas Oratorio 10 Dec - 23 Dec 2020 CANCELLED - Royal Christmas music conducted by Shunske Sato. View the production
Schütz 01 Nov - 08 Nov 2020 CANCELLED - Heinrich Schütz composed a moving mass for the passing of his landowner, which beautifully fits in the All Souls' Day tradition. View the production
Bach’s brewery 04 Oct - 11 Oct 2020 Get to know Bach in party mood with his family and friends, in this cheerful, staged concert. View the production
Cantatas for the Leipzig Bach Festival 18 Jun - 20 Jun 2020 CANCELLED - In June 2020, the Bach Society is invited to give one of the big concerts in the St Nicholas Church, in Leipzig, at the internationally renowned Bach Festival. View the production
Bach & Sandström 10 May - 16 May 2020 CANCELLED - No instrument touches the heart like the human voice. Grete Pedersen takes you on an adventure that spans the centuries. View the production
St Matthew Passion 2020 28 Mar - 11 Apr 2020 CANCELLED - Hier zittert das gequälte Herz, and that is what we will experience in person! The St Matthew Passion is brought to life as never before. View the production
Lamentations 2020 10 Apr - 11 Apr 2020 CANCELLED - Before going to the St Matthew Passion, you can listen to the Lamentations: intimate concerts in the early morning of Good Friday and Holy Saturday. View the production
Shunske Sato & Diego Ares 10 Mar - 15 Mar 2020 Shunske Sato & Diego Ares perform works by Bach for violin and harpsichord, including three sonatas and an arrangement of BWV 1001. View the production
Trauerode 04 Mar - 08 Mar 2020 Dresden and Leipzig, Catholic and Protestant, his and hers. Two Baroque funeral odes, conducted by the ultimate Zelenka specialist. View the production
Concerto Supergrosso 09 Feb - 16 Feb 2020 The Bach Society is going resolutely XL and has a surprise in store: the new generation is coming to let us hear what they can do. View the production
Vespers 10 Dec - 23 Dec 2019 Monteverdi’s Vespers are testimony to his uniqueness, but could he ever have imagined that his colourful collection would become a modern classic? View the production
Bach: well-known concertos and sinfonias 24 Nov - 06 Dec 2019 Concertos by Bach that are derived from harpsichord concertos, such as the Concerto for Oboe and Violin, the Violin Concerto in D minor and the Oboe Concerto. View the production
All Souls’ Day 30 Oct - 03 Nov 2019 In Bach’s day – and especially in his music – death did not feel like a fearful end, but rather like a promising gateway to eternal life. View the production
Beginnings 19 Sep - 22 Sep 2019 You don’t become the greatest composer of all time overnight. Take a deep breath and plunge into Bach’s sources of inspiration. View the production
Café Zimmermann 12 May - 19 May 2019 A varied selection of music by Bach, Handel and Telemann, including the famous Kaffee-Kantate, which used to be performed at Café Zimmermann. View the production
Bach’s finest orchestral works 29 Apr - 30 Apr 2019 For this programme, Shunske Sato, artistic director of the Netherlands Bach Society, combines the finest orchestral works by Johann Sebastian Bach. View the production
St Matthew Passion 2019 04 Apr - 20 Apr 2019 For our traditional Passion performance this season, we have engaged conductor Philippe Herreweghe, a true Bach man, who first conducted the St Matthew Passion for us in 1991. View the production
Lamentations 2019 19 Apr - 20 Apr 2019 Before going to the St Matthew Passion, you can listen to the Lamentations: intimate concerts in the early morning of Good Friday and Holy Saturday. View the production
Dangerous Liaisons 13 Jan - 16 Mar 2019 A brand-new Baroque opera, with music by Antonio Vivaldi. In this performance, Vivaldi’s most exciting arias come together in a new libretto. View the production
Bach, Schütz & Mendelssohn 23 Feb - 01 Mar 2019 In this programme, two of Bach’s best-known motets are presented alongside music by his great model, Heinrich Schütz, and by one of his most famous followers, Felix Mendelssohn. View the production
Christmas with Bach 11 Dec - 23 Dec 2018 This season, we are treating our December audiences to cantatas composed by Bach in honour of the Virgin Mary and Christmas, including the well-known cantata Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben. View the production
Brandenburg Concertos 27 Sep - 07 Oct 2018 We kick off the 2018-2019 season with Bach’s 'Brandenburg' Concertos, which rank alongside the St Matthew Passion as the highlights of Bach’s best-known work. View the production
