ORGELSOUND 360°: RING OF THE NIBELUNG
Scenes from Richard Wagner's opera cycle in different acoustic worlds
Hansjörg Albrecht, organ
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BACH CHANNEL WITH MICHAEL MAUL & BERNHARD SCHRAMMEK
Live podcast
Selected favourite arias from sacred and secular cantatas and instrumental works by Johann Sebastian and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Michael Maul & Bernhard Schrammek Discussion
CPE.Bach.Ensemble.Hamburg
Hansjörg Albrecht harpsichord
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THE LEGEND OF SAINT ELIZABETH
Franz Liszt: Oratorio in two parts
Bernhard, Vondung, Häger, Dohmen
CPE.Bach.Choir.Hamburg
Staatskapelle Halle
Hansjörg Albrecht
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IV. INTERNATIONAL BACH FESTIVAL HAMBURG
OUVERURE: WITH BACH IN PRISON
Selected works by Johann Sebastian and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
CPE.Bach.Young Artist
CPE.Bach.Chor.Hamburg
Hansjörg Albrecht Conductor & Piano
Not open for the public
Organiser: Kultur im Knast e.V.
IV. INTERNATIONAL BACH FESTIVAL HAMBURG
ACADEMY TALK: WHAT DO WE (STILL) BELIEVE IN?
Alice Meregaglia (Hamburg State Opera) & Hansjörg Albrecht perform works for keyboard instruments by Wilhelm Friedemann, Carl Philipp Emanuel and Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach.
Hansjörg Albrecht (CPE.Bach.Academy)
Dr Johann Hinrich Claussen (Cultural Officer of the Council of the EKD)
Roderich Kreile (Former Kreuzkantor KMD, Member of the Board of the Neue Bachgesellschaft e.V.)
Amadeus Templeton (Cellist, cultural manager, founder of TONALi)
Sophie Werkmeister (CPE.Bach.Academy)
Ludwig Hartmann (NDR Culture) Director & Moderation
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IV. INTERNATIONAL BACH FESTIVAL HAMBURG
MUSIC CLUB: BACH FESTIVAL OPULENT
An introduction to the Bach Festival programme with pictures and lots of music
Focus:
Hamburg, a place of longing for the Bach family
The fascination of Baroque opera: from Bach to Mozart
Baroque Hamburg: the Hamburg Gänsemarkt Opera
Sturm & Drang: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach as music director in Hamburg and his three brothers as pioneers of Viennese Classicism
Bach & Paul Gerhardt 350
Bach & Karl Richter 100
Bach & Lyonel Feininger 70
Special: 75 years of the Bach Prize Hamburg
Hansjörg Albrecht Introduction
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IV. INTERNATIONAL BACH FESTIVAL HAMBURG
THE FASCINATION OF BAROQUE OPERA
Johann Christian Bach: Amadis de Gaule
Ruiten, Wagner, Arcayürek, Stražanac
CPE.Bach.Chor.Hamburg
B´Rock Orchestra Gent
Hansjörg Albrecht conductor & harpsichord
IV. INTERNATIONAL BACH FESTIVAL HAMBURG
WITH BACH INTO THE WORLD – PATHS TO KARL RICHTER
JIn 2026, the music world will celebrate the 100th birthday of Karl Richter, the influential post-war Bach interpreter whose recordings set global standards – one of which is still travelling through space today on the Voyager Golden Record. With the Munich Bach Choir and Orchestra, he became an international cultural ambassador and style-defining artist. The Karl Richter Anniversary 2026, curated by Hansjörg Albrecht, invites you to rediscover this expressive and still influential phenomenon.
Hansjörg Albrecht, lecture & introduction
IV. INTERNATIONAL BACH FESTIVAL HAMBURG
HANSE. BAROQUE. NETWORK MEETING
Sound Space Hamburg & Metropolitan Region: Treasury of Baroque Music, Art & Architecture
Initiated by the CPE.Bach.Akademie Hamburg, the 4th International Bach Festival Hamburg will host the first Hanse.Barock.Netzwerk. The aim is to establish a maritime-themed network in collaboration with stakeholders in the Hamburg metropolitan region and to position Hamburg as a Northern European centre of Baroque musical culture in dialogue with modernity.
Keynote speeches
Prof. Dr. Christopher Hausmann (Constructor University Bremen)
Philipp Klais (Klais Orgelbau Bonn & Orgelstadt Hamburg)
Sophie Werkmeister (CPE.Bach.Akademie Hamburg)
Hansjörg Albrecht (CPE.Bach.Akademie Hamburg)
Closed event
IV. INTERNATIONAL BACH FESTIVAL HAMBURG
A MUSICAL JOURNEY: BACH REDISCOVERED
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Two Oboe Concertos & Great Hamburg Symphonies Wq. 183 No. 1-4
Albrecht Mayer, oboe
CPE.Bach.Orchester.Hamburg
Hansjörg Albrecht, conductor & harpsichord
IV. INTERNATIONAL BACH FESTIVAL HAMBURG
CULTURAL HERITAGE FARMER’S CATHEDRALES IN THE REGION OF HADELN
Johann Sebastian Bach:
Prelude and Fugue in C major BWV 547
Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Concerto in C major Wq. 112 No. 1
Soyoung Park Baroque violin
Hansjörg Albrecht Organ
IV. INTERNATIONAL BACH FESTIVAL HAMBURG
CULTURAL HERITAGE FARMER’S CATHEDRALES IN THE REGION OF HADELN
Johann Sebastian Bach: Four Cantatas BWV 33, 72, 47, 44
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, ‘the Dorian’ BWV 538
Christian Müller, Gloger organ
Members of the NDR Vocal Ensemble
NDR Baroque (in soloist formation)
Hansjörg Albrecht, conductor & harpsichord
IV. INTERNATIONAL BACH FESTIVAL HAMBURG
BACH SINGALONG AT THE KIEZ
Johann Sebastian Bach: Choral cantatas to sing along
CPE.Bach.Chor.Hamburg
Hansjörg Albrecht Conductor, Piano & Moderation
IV. INTERNATIONAL BACH FESTIVAL HAMBURG
BACH SINGALONG AT THE KIEZ
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantatas BWV 102 & 23
Johann Christoph Bach: Lamento: Lamento: O that I had enough water
Johann Sebastian Bach's last year of life was marked by an eye condition that rapidly led to blindness. Still full of plans and in fairly good health, Bach decided in 1750 to undergo surgery by the English miracle healer John Taylor, who was visiting Leipzig at the time. Was this eye operation partly to blame for his death?
Johann Hinnrich Claussen Impulse
CPE.Bach.YoungArtists
CPE.Bach.Choir & Orchestra.Hamburg
Hansjörg Albrecht Conductor & Organ
IV. INTERNATIONAL BACH FESTIVAL HAMBURG
THE FASCINATION OF BAROQUE OPERA
Johann Sebastian Bach: Secular Cantatas BWV 205 & 201
The introduction will be presented as a pre-show BACH & JAPANESE DANCE with Hanayagi Shigeyoshimi.
Bertucci, Rennert, Johannsen, Yoshida, Häger, Ochoa
CPE.Bach.Chor.Hamburg
Barucco Baroque Orchestra Vienna
Hansjörg Albrecht, Conducting & Harpsichord
THE ART OF ORGAN TRANSCRIPTION
Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Hansjörg Albrecht, organ
SYMPHONY CONCERT
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture
Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1
Schumann: Symphony No. 3 ‘Rhenish’
Danae Dörken, Piano
Brandenburg State Orchestra Frankfurt
Hansjörg Albrecht, Conductor
ORGELSOUND 360°: FROM THE NEW WORLD
Ives: Variations on America
Gershwin: Three Preludes
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’
Hansjörg Albrecht, organ
INTERNATIONAL BACH NETWORK FESTIVAL: KARL RICHTER 100
Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral transcriptions by Elgar, Respighi and Stokowsky
Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra
Hansjörg Albrecht, conductor
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SYMPHONY CONCERT: GREAT VOICES
Wagner: Preludes & Overtures to Tannhäuser, Parsifal and Meistersinger
Walter Braunfels: Te Deum
Camilla Nylund, Soprano
Klaus Florian Vogt, Tenor
CPE.Bach.Choir.Hamburg
Szczecin Philharmonic Orchestra
Hansjörg Albrecht, Conductor
INTERNATIONAL BACH NETWORK FESTIVAL: KARL RICHTER 100
Mendelssohn: Elijah (oratorio)
Soloists
Hansjörg Albrecht, organ
Klangverwaltung choir
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Stéphane Mottoul, conductor
INTERNATIONAL BACH NETWORK FESTIVAL: KARL RICHTER 100
Bach: Famous works
Hansjörg Albrecht, Harpsichord
Stéphane Mottoul, Organ
INTERNATIONAL BACH NETWORK FESTIVAL: KARL RICHTER 100
BASILICA CONCERTS
Mozart: Symphony in G minor No. 40 & Requiem
Wagner, Ranch, Johannsen, Stražanac
CPE.Bach.Chor.Hamburg
Orchestra of the Munich State Theatre at Gärtnerplatz
Hansjörg Albrecht, conductor
INTERNATIONAL BACH NETWORK FESTIVAL: KARL RICHTER 100
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concertos (including for 2 harpsichords)
Hansjörg Albrecht & Christian Stötzner, harpsichord
Thuringian Bach Collegium
Gernot Süßmuth, conductor & violin
INTERNATIONAL BACH NETWORK FESTIVAL: KARL RICHTER 100
Johann Sebastian Bach: ‘Dorian’ Toccata & Fugue, Partita ‘Sei gegrüßet’, Passacaglia
(programme from Richter’s 1978 recording for the Eterna label)
Hansjörg Albrecht, organ
INTERNATIONAL BACH NETWORK FESTIVAL: KARL RICHTER 100
Johann Sebastian Bach: Famous organ works
Hansjörg Albrecht, organ
INTERNATIONAL BACH NETWORK FESTIVAL: KARL RICHTER 100
Works by Johann Sebastian Bach and Richard Wagner
Hansjörg Albrecht, organ
