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Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

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Vocal Music
Genre
Vocal Music
6
Style
Baroque
3

ProgramFrequently performed

Johann Sebastian Bach
Works by
Johann Sebastian Bach
7
Georg Philipp Telemann
Works by
Georg Philipp Telemann
2
Works by
Henry Purcell
2
Arcangelo Corelli
Works by
Arcangelo Corelli
1
Works by
Georg Muffat
1

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This season
In Amsterdam

Bach's soul

Wed, Oct 1, 2025, 20:15
Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Grote Zaal (Amsterdam)
Bart Naessens (Clavier), Bart Naessens (Leader), Stefanie True (Soprano), Alexander Chance (Alto), Anders Dahlin (Tenor), Tobias Berndt (Bass)
This programme takes you from deep misery to carefree happiness. The ensemble and top soloists including Stefanie True and Alexander Chance are led by Bart Naessens on a journey towards the light. Bach’s popular cantata Schmücke dich, O liebe Seel forms the magnificent highlight.Schmücke dich, O liebe Seel forms the magnificent highlight“In Bach’s day, a cantata was a musical sermon. Nowadays it’s amazing music, and a lesson in life for those who listen carefully. As a searching, uncertain person, where can you find a foothold and assurance? This rich programme shows you the way, with beautiful Bach cantatas and music by composers greatly admired by Bach himself: Johann Kuhnau and Johann Christoph Bach. Halfway along, Bach’s friend and colleague Telemann gives us a taste of what we’re ultimately working towards: carefree happiness and peace for the soul.
Info & Ticket (www.bachvereniging.nl)
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This season
In Amsterdam

All Souls

Sat, Nov 8, 2025, 20:15
Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Grote Zaal (Amsterdam)
Lionel Meunier (Conductor)
Every year, the Bach Society remembers the dead with the most beautiful Baroque music. This year, bass and conductor Lionel Meunier has chosen gems by Purcell, Morley, Fux and J.C. Bach, which were written for royal funerals.Wonderful, soothing, spiritual music“Every religion has its own way of dealing with death. For All Souls, Lionel Meunier – artistic director of the acclaimed Belgian vocal ensemble Vox Luminis – is bringing together the Anglican, Catholic and Protestant views of saying farewell. The programme goes from the stately English funeral music of Purcell and Morley, written on the deaths of Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary, via the hopeful works of Bach’s cousin Johann Christoph Bach, to the moving Kaiserrequiem by Fux, composed for the late empress Eleonora von Neuburg. A religious triptych filled with wonderful, soothing, spiritual music to commemorate the dead.
Info & Ticket (www.bachvereniging.nl)
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This season
In Amsterdam

Mass in B minor

Wed, Dec 17, 2025, 19:30
Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Grote Zaal (Amsterdam)
Richard Egarr (Conductor), Johanna Ihrig (Sopraan 1), Mary Bevan (Sopraan 2), Helen Charleston (Alt), Guy Cutting (Tenor), Matthew Brook (Bas)
Sublime, outsized, all-embracing. Only superlatives will suffice to describe Bach’s Mass in B minor. At the end of his life, Bach brought his best and most beautiful pieces together in a single Mass. That was how Bach wanted to be remembered, and the Mass in B minor is his musical testament. Sublime, outsized, all-embracing“In between the awe-inspiring ‘Kyrie’ and the jubilant ‘Dona nobis pacem’ come nine totally unique arias and duets, fourteen impressive choral sections and a broad range of instrumental solos. The British conductor Richard Egarr is leading the ensemble on this Christmas tour. Egarr says, “Some musical compositions are simply greater than any performance can realise: Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis and Bach’s Mass in B minor are two such examples. These transcendental masterpieces were deliberately created as messages of hope for posterity, and as a challenge for us to attain the same artistic heights. It’s always a supremely humbling joy to make that journey with Bach in this sublime creation.”
Info & Ticket (www.bachvereniging.nl)

Upcoming Concerts

Concerts at Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ in season 2024/25 or later

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Next month
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St Matthew Passion

Sat, Apr 12, 2025, 19:00
Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Grote Zaal (Amsterdam)
Hans-Christoph Rademann (Conductor), Benedikt Kristjánsson (Evangelist), Carine Tinney (Soprano), Kristen Witmer (Soprano), Terry Wey (Alto), Olivia Vermeulen (Alto), Georg Poplutz (Tenor), James Gilchrist (Tenor), Matthias Winckhler (Bass), Tobias Berndt (Bass), Kampen Boys Choir
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.Bach’s masterly music keeps moving us“Betrayal, condemnation and death, but above all – love. Although the words of the St Matthew Passion are age-old, the story and the message are still relevant today. And every year, Bach’s masterly music moves us once again. Bach’s masterpiece is in good hands with Rademann. In every St Matthew Passion he performs, this real Bach man – founder of the Dresdner Kammerchor, artistic director of the Bachakademie Stuttgart and regular name at the international music festival Bachfest – seeks out a new contemporary approach, always keeping a careful eye on the monumental character of the work. For decades, he has been one of the most successful choral conductors in Germany. Plenty of reason, therefore, to invite Rademann as the guest conductor for our traditional Passion concerts.
Info & Ticket (www.bachvereniging.nl)
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This season
In Amsterdam

Instrumental fireworks

Fri, May 23, 2025, 20:15
Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Grote Zaal (Amsterdam)
Rachel Podger (Violin), Rachel Podger (Leader)
‘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.Queen of the Baroque violin“What Beethoven was to the symphony, Italian composer and violinist Arcangelo Corelli was to the concerto: a shining example who was known to all composers. In this programme, Rachel Podger shows how far Corelli’s influence extended; way beyond the borders of Italy, to France and Germany. Virtuoso music by composers like Handel and Lully, in which Podger and the instrumental ensemble will shine.
Info & Ticket (www.bachvereniging.nl)
Artistic depiction of the event
This season
In Amsterdam

Bach's soul

Wed, Oct 1, 2025, 20:15
Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Grote Zaal (Amsterdam)
Bart Naessens (Clavier), Bart Naessens (Leader), Stefanie True (Soprano), Alexander Chance (Alto), Anders Dahlin (Tenor), Tobias Berndt (Bass)
This programme takes you from deep misery to carefree happiness. The ensemble and top soloists including Stefanie True and Alexander Chance are led by Bart Naessens on a journey towards the light. Bach’s popular cantata Schmücke dich, O liebe Seel forms the magnificent highlight.Schmücke dich, O liebe Seel forms the magnificent highlight“In Bach’s day, a cantata was a musical sermon. Nowadays it’s amazing music, and a lesson in life for those who listen carefully. As a searching, uncertain person, where can you find a foothold and assurance? This rich programme shows you the way, with beautiful Bach cantatas and music by composers greatly admired by Bach himself: Johann Kuhnau and Johann Christoph Bach. Halfway along, Bach’s friend and colleague Telemann gives us a taste of what we’re ultimately working towards: carefree happiness and peace for the soul.
Info & Ticket (www.bachvereniging.nl)
Artistic depiction of the event
This season
In Amsterdam

All Souls

Sat, Nov 8, 2025, 20:15
Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Grote Zaal (Amsterdam)
Lionel Meunier (Conductor)
Every year, the Bach Society remembers the dead with the most beautiful Baroque music. This year, bass and conductor Lionel Meunier has chosen gems by Purcell, Morley, Fux and J.C. Bach, which were written for royal funerals.Wonderful, soothing, spiritual music“Every religion has its own way of dealing with death. For All Souls, Lionel Meunier – artistic director of the acclaimed Belgian vocal ensemble Vox Luminis – is bringing together the Anglican, Catholic and Protestant views of saying farewell. The programme goes from the stately English funeral music of Purcell and Morley, written on the deaths of Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary, via the hopeful works of Bach’s cousin Johann Christoph Bach, to the moving Kaiserrequiem by Fux, composed for the late empress Eleonora von Neuburg. A religious triptych filled with wonderful, soothing, spiritual music to commemorate the dead.
Info & Ticket (www.bachvereniging.nl)
Artistic depiction of the event
This season
In Amsterdam

Mass in B minor

Wed, Dec 17, 2025, 19:30
Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Grote Zaal (Amsterdam)
Richard Egarr (Conductor), Johanna Ihrig (Sopraan 1), Mary Bevan (Sopraan 2), Helen Charleston (Alt), Guy Cutting (Tenor), Matthew Brook (Bas)
Sublime, outsized, all-embracing. Only superlatives will suffice to describe Bach’s Mass in B minor. At the end of his life, Bach brought his best and most beautiful pieces together in a single Mass. That was how Bach wanted to be remembered, and the Mass in B minor is his musical testament. Sublime, outsized, all-embracing“In between the awe-inspiring ‘Kyrie’ and the jubilant ‘Dona nobis pacem’ come nine totally unique arias and duets, fourteen impressive choral sections and a broad range of instrumental solos. The British conductor Richard Egarr is leading the ensemble on this Christmas tour. Egarr says, “Some musical compositions are simply greater than any performance can realise: Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis and Bach’s Mass in B minor are two such examples. These transcendental masterpieces were deliberately created as messages of hope for posterity, and as a challenge for us to attain the same artistic heights. It’s always a supremely humbling joy to make that journey with Bach in this sublime creation.”
Info & Ticket (www.bachvereniging.nl)
Artistic depiction of the event
This season
In Amsterdam

Bach's inspiration

Sun, May 10, 2026, 15:00
Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Grote Zaal (Amsterdam)
Johanna Soller (Conductor), Carine Tinney (Soprano), Alex Potter (Alto), Daniel Johannsen (Tenor), Matthias Winckhler (Bass)
How can a text inspire a composer? And what happens if you give three composers the same poem as a source for their music? Conductor Johanna Soller shows us the result in a programme of beautiful music by Bach and the contemporary composer Gregor A. Mayrhofer.A brand-new cantata“In 1726, after years of unimaginable creativity and zest for work, Bach suddenly takes things a bit easier. He composes less, but what he does write has one particular source of inspiration: an anthology of poems from the beginning of the eighteenth century, by Duke Ernst Ludwig of Saxe-Meiningen. In 1726, Bach also performs many cantatas by his cousin Johann Ludwig Bach. And what was Johann Ludwig’s source of inspiration? That same anthology of poems. Now, 300 years later, the young German composer Gregor A. Mayrhofer takes a fresh look at the poetry, to create a brand-new cantata, written especially for this programme.
Info & Ticket (www.bachvereniging.nl)