Schütz 01 Nov - 08 Nov 2020 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 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 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 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 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
