Bach Choir Würzburg

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Bach Choir Würzburg
Seat: Würzburg / Germany
Founding: 1961
Genus: Oratorio choir
Founder: Günter Jena
Head : Matthias Querbach
Voices : approx. 80 ( SATB )
Website : www.bachchor-wuerzburg.de

The Würzburg Bach Choir was founded in 1961 by the church music director Günter Jena , who was previously an assistant to Karl Richter in Munich. Jena initiated the Würzburger Bach Days in 1968 and quickly made the choir one of the region's leading orchestras. His successor was Heribert Breuer from 1974 . From 1979 to 2015 Christian Kabitz was cantor at the St. Johannis Church in Würzburg and thus director of the Bach choir and artistic director of the Würzburg Bach Days. His successor is Matthias Querbach .

The choir with up to 50 active members gives around 10 concerts a year and regularly organizes services in St. Johannis. In the motet , usually on the first Sunday evening of the month, seldom heard works from the Renaissance to the present day are also performed.

At the Würzburg Bach Festival, the Bach Choir takes on the two oratorio evenings and organizes the festive services. Cooperation with the Cäcilien Choir Frankfurt , the Munich Bach Choir , the Bach Choir Heidelberg and the Munich Bach Soloists complement the concert activities. A tour of Germany with Rock meets Classic and numerous opera productions prove the great versatility. Travels to France, Italy, Israel and the USA as well as radio, television and sound recordings have made the choir known nationwide.