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
