Concerts in the Summer Hall · 2026 Saison

The concerts in 2026 will showcase three generations of the Bach family. They have been conceived and will be presented by researchers working for the project »Forschungsportal BACH«, a cooperation between the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the Bach Archive. The concerts will feature music for a small choir from the 17th century, chamber music and a harpsichord recital. Research becoming music.

Sun, 18 January 2026, 3.00 pm: Collegium studiorum

Improvisations from renaissance to the Baroque

Students of the Academy for Music and Theatre Leipzig, department of Ancient Music, improvise led by Martin Erhardt.

 

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Sin, 22nd February 2026, 3.00 pm: »Mit Weinen hebt sich’s an«

Funeral music by the older generations of the Bach family

Motets and arias from the »Alt-Bachisches Archiv« (Johann Bach, Johann Michael Bach, Johann Christoph Bach, Adam Drese)

Ensemble SoaVI, Gregor Richter (concept and presentation)

 

concert in the series »Notenspur-Salons«

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Sun, 26th April 2026, 3.00 pm: Flauto traverso

Werke von Johann Sebastian Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

Ulrike Wolf (transverse flute), Noberto Broggini (harpsichord), Christiane Hausmann (concept and presentation)

Sun, 10 May 2026, 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

 

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Works by A. Vivaldi, A. Corelli, D. Scarlatti, J. S. Bach and G. P. Telemann

 

Caterina Lichtenberg (mandolin), Alexander Puliaev (harpsichord)

 

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Opening Concert of the XXIVth Leipzig International Bach Competition 2024

 

Leipziger Barockorchester

 

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The Bach Competition Leipzig takes place from 16 to 27 July 2024 in the disciplines Organ, Voice, Violincello/Baroque violoncello.

 

 

 

Prizewinners’ Concert of the XXIVth Leipzig International Bach Competition 2024

 

Works by J. S. Bach and further composers from the competition programme

 

Prizewinners of the XXIVth Leipzig International Bach Competition in the disciplines Organ, Voice, Violincello/Baroque violoncello
Pauliner Kammerorchester, Leipziger Barockorchester

 

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J. S. Bach: Ouvertüre h-Moll nach französischer Art, BWV 831 · Italienisches Konzert F-Dur, BWV 971

 

Alexander von Heißen (harpsichord)

 

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Wed, 16 September 2027, 7.00 pm: »Con spirito« – the Leipzig chamber music festival

 

 

The concert is part of the chamber music festival »Con spirito« which takes place in Leipzig’s cultural heritage sites. The motto of 2026 is »Jewish Tunes by Leipzig Romantics«.

 

Programme information and tickets from February 2026

 

 

 

J.-M. Hotteterre [le Romain]: Triosonate e-Moll, op. 3 Nr. 4 · Suite h-Moll, op. 4 · Pièces a deux Flûtes, op. 6 Nr. 6 · Brunette – Double – Autre Double · Suite g-Moll, op. 5 Nr. 1 · Suite e-Moll, op. 2 Nr. 4

 

Johanna Baumgärtel (transverse flute), Hèctor Rodríguez Palacios (transverse flute), Katharina Holzhey (viola da gamba), Zita Mikijanska (harpsichord)

 

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Sun, 25th October 2026, 3.00 pm: Bach as example – Curiosity of the Bach reception

Works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Ludwig Krebs, Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer, Bernhard Christian Weber, Johann Caspar Simon

N. N. (harpsichord), Bernd Koska (concept and presentation)  

 

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J. S. Bach: Third part of the Clavier-Übung, BWV 552, 669–689 and 802–805

 

Thomasorganist Johannes Lang (portative organ)

 

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J. S. Bach: Third part of the Clavier-Übung, BWV 552, 669–689 and 802–805

 

Thomasorganist Johannes Lang (organ)

 

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Sun, 06 December 2026, 15.00 pm: From Anna Magdalena Bach’s »Notenbüchlein«

 

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

 

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An event organized by Alexandra Röseler

 

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