Concerts in the Summer Hall · 2025 Saison

75 years Bach Archive – Not just pure theory

The Bach Archive researches into the life, work and impact of J. S. Bach and the many-branching Bach family of musicians, conserves Bach’s heritage and shares it through its educational work. But the most important thing is to experience the music.

This year’s concerts focus on chamber music by Johann Sebastian Bach and other composers performed by talented young musicians who love to experiment as well as by well known specialists in historically informed performance practice.

In several concert the Bach Archive’s researchers will shed light on different aspects and introduce new findings. They are Prof. Schulze, former director of the Bach Archive, Prof. Wollny, present director, Dr. Blanken, deputy head of the research department and Prof. Maul, artistic director of the Bachfest.

 

Look forward to special concerts in the historic Summer Hall!

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Sun, 26 January 2025, 3.00 pm: Collegium studiorum

Improvisations from Renaissance to Baroque

 

Students of the University of Music Leipzig improvise led by Martin Erhardt.

 

 

Spontaneity, inventiveness and great technical abilities are the characteristics of the masters of improvisation. Many well known composers were great improvisers. And so it no surprise that it is regarded as an important part of teaching today’s students to improvise in the styles typical for different epochs.

 

Tickets: € 20,00 / reduced: € 15,00
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Sun, 16 February 2025, 3.00 pm: Chamber music treasures of the Bach Archive collection

Works by C. P. E. Bach, J. E. Bach and J. F. Doles

 

Viola Blache (soprano), Collegium Musicum ‘23, direction: Nadja Zwiener (violin) and Johannes Lang (organist of St. Thomas), Prof. Dr. h. c. Peter Wollny (director des Bach-Archivs, presentation)

 

 

This concert introduces works from the Kulukundis collection which is held by the Bach Archive. They will be explained in their musical context by Prof. Dr. h. c. Peter Wollny.

 

Tickets: € 20,00 / reduced: € 15,00
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A cooperation with Leipziger Notenspur e. V.

Sun, 27 April 2025, 3.00 pm: Clavier-Übung IV – My dear Goldberg

J. S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988

 

Mechthild Winter (harpsichord), Martin Krumbiegel (presentation)

 

 

The work now known as »Goldberg Variations« will finish our cycle »Clavier-Übungen«. Martin Krumbiegel will entertain the audience with interesting stories and remarkable facts about the singular work by the cantor of St. Thomas.

 

Tickets: € 20,00 / reduced: € 15,00
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Sun, 11 May 2025, 3.00 pm: From Anna Magdalena Bach’s »Notenbüchlein«

Alexandra Röseler (mezzo soprano, harpsichord, presentation), future and former members of the St. Thomas’s Boys Choir

 

 

Alexandra Röseler has been teaching future members of the boys choir for many years. They will show what they have learned and will perform song from the famous »Notenbüchlein«.

 

Tickets: € 20,00 / reduced: € 15,00
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Organized by: Alexandra Röseler

Sun, 25 May 2025, 3.00 pm: The Poet and the Cantor of St. Thomas

300 years Bach and Christiana Mariana von Ziegler
Arias by J. S. Bach using words by Christina Mariana von Ziegler and further works

 

Tehila Nini Goldstein (soprano), Florian Sievers (tenor), Collegium Musicum ‘23, direction: Nadja Zwiener (violin) and Johannes Lang (organist of St. Thomas), Prof. Dr. Michael Maul (Bach Archive, presentation) and Angela Steidele (presentation)

 

 

Tickets: € 20,00 / reduced: € 15,00
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Wed, 03 September 2025, 7.00 pm: »Con spirito« – Mysteries during sleepless nights

»Unveiled – Secret messages in music«
Secret messages such as names, number symbolism, secret words but also ethn ographic backgrounds can be found in many compositions. We will discover them in this, the fifth edition of the chamber music festival »Con spirito«.

 

J. S. Bach: Die Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988 (Version für Streichtrio)

 

Concert during the chamber music festival »Con spirito« in Leipzig’s heritage sites.
Information at: https://www.conspiritoleipzig.de
Tickets: € 30,00 / reduced: € 20,00 (zzgl. VVK-Gebühr)
Buy here (from 10.02.2025)  or in Musikalienhandlung M. Oelsner
reduced rates aplly to: students, children, Leipzig pass holders, disabled

Sun, 21 September 2025, 3.00 pm: The »Musicalische Rüstkammer«

Music making in Leipzig bourgeois homes around 1720 – works from the collection »Musicalische Rüstkammer« (Musical Armory)

 

Isabel Schicketanz (soprano), Collegium Musicum ‘23: Nadja Zwiener (violin), Maximilian Erhardt (harp)

 

 

Tickets: € 20,00 / reduced: € 15,00
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Sun, 26 October 2025, 3.00 pm: Senza Basso – Developments before Bach

Works for violin without basso continuo from around 1720

 

Nadja Zwiener (violin), talk between Prof. Dr. Michael Maul and Prof. Siegfried Pank

 

 

Tickets: € 20,00 / reduced: € 15,00
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Sun, 23 November 2025, 3.00 pm: From research to performance

Concert during the celebration »75 years Bach Archive« with works by J. S. Bach

 

Pieter Dirksen (harpsichord, portative), Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Schulze (former director of the Bach Archive), Dr. Christine Blanken (deputy head of the research department of the Bach Archive)

 

 

Dr. Christine Blanken talks with Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Schulze about new discoveries regarding early collections of Bach’s work, the »Andreas-Bach-Buch« and the »Möllersche Handschrift«.

 

Tickets: € 20,00 / reduced: € 15,00
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Sun, 07 December 2025, 3.00 pm: From Anna Magdalena Bach’s »Notenbüchlein«

Alexandra Röseler (mezzo soprano, harpsichord, presentation), future and former members of the St. Thomas’s Boys Choir

 

 

There are many anecdotes and stories about the famous »Notenbüchlein« which J. S. Bach dedicated to this wife A. M. Bach. Alexandra Röseler will explain some of them in an amusing way. The very young voices of future members of the boys choir will augment the stories. And at this time of year, they will also sing Christmas songs.

 

Tickets: € 20,00 / reduced: € 15,00
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Organized by: Alexandra Röseler

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