Program Preview: Season 2011/2012
The second half of our program brochure has been prepared with a preview of all concerts scheduled until the summer break.
We are glad to welcome you in the new year 2012!

You can view the program brochure here.

Bach Choir and Bach Orchestra on TV
On Saturday, October 15, 2011, at 10:30 p.m. the Munich Bach Choir and the Munich Bach Orchestra can be seen on channel BR-alpha ("Denkzeit") - a recording of the Ecumene Prize award ceremony for Bishop Dr. Johannes Friedrich.

CD release: Gustav Mahler "The Song of the Earth"
The Munich Bach Orchestra has recorded Mahler's great symphonic cycle in a new version for chamber orchestra (Hj. Albrecht), together with the four reknowned soloists Sibylla Rubens, Renée Morloc, Markus Schäfer and Markus Eiche.

The CD has been released in August by the label OehmsClassics and can be ordered now for 15 Euro (excluding shipping) under the following address: cd@muenchener-bachchor.de

Commemorative Concert for Dominik Brunner
In September 2009, Dominik Brunner was a victim of a violent crime in the S-Bahn station in Solln near Munich, after he tried to protect four threatened children from attack. On the occasion of the first anniversary of his death, the Dominik Brunner Foundation, with the support of the Cultural Affairs Department of the Provincial Capital of Munich and Stadtsparkasse München, organized a benefit concert at the Philharmonic Hall Gasteig in Munich on Saturday September 25, 2010. The Munich Bach Choir and its artistic director, Hansjörg Albrecht participated, along with renowned musicians Arabella Steinbacher (violin), Ruth Ziesak (soprano) and Konrad Jarnot (baritone) as well as the Münchener Rundfunkorchester.

Munich Bach Choir performed in Rome
On April 7, 2010, the Munich Bach Choir, together with the Bach Collegium München performed Mozart's Great Mass in C-Minor at the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, Italy, under the direction of Hansjörg Albrecht. The concert, organised by the German Embassy in Italy in cooperation with the European foundation "Europamusicale" and others, was dedicated to the memory of the victims of the earthquake in the the Italian mountain village of Onna.

More information, pictures and a video film about this solemn event can be found here.

Richter's Secret
Joachim Kaiser, the truly influential German music critic, explained why Karl Richter's way of making music was so special. Karl Richter was the legendary founder and long-time artistic director of the Munich Bach Choir. You can hear more about what his musical secret consisted of in the video column "Kaisers Klassik-Kunde" at: SZ-Magazin