MIT PAUKEN & TROMPETEN: OUVERTÜRE ZUM BACHFEST MÜNCHEN

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Four festive cantatas from the cantata year 1725
for soloists, choir and orchestra
Cantata: Jesu, nun sei gepreiset BWV 41
Cantata: Whoever loves me will keep my word BWV 74
Cantata: Praise the Lord, the Mighty King of Honors BWV 137
Cantata: Let our mouth be full of laughter BWV 110

Soloists and chamber choir of the Klangverwaltung
Bachfest-Ensemble
Hansjörg Albrecht, conductor & harpsichord

The conductor, organist and harpsichordist Hansjörg Albrecht performs four of the large-scale cantatas from Bach's Leipzig cantata year 1725 together with a hand-picked ensemble of soloists, the Klangverwaltung chamber choir and the Bachfest ensemble. The works were composed 300 years ago for New Year, Whitsun, the 12th Sunday after Trinity and Christmas and were performed by Johann Sebastian Bach in Leipzig's main churches. They combine jubilant choirs with blaring trumpets and virtuoso arias with profound spirituality and, as a Bach Festival overture, provide Baroque splendor in the Allerheiligen-Hofkirche of the Munich Residenz.
(Details of the line-up will follow shortly)

CONCERT INTRODUCTION at 18:30 in the All Saints' Court Church
One hour before the concert begins, Hansjörg Albrecht will open the door to Bach's grandiose cantatas in a personal way.
Albrecht is Artistic Director of the CPE Bach Academy Hamburg, the CPE Bach Choir and the annual International Bach Festival Hamburg. He is also one of the initiators of the Bachfest Munich 2025 and is active worldwide as a conductor and concert organist.