Netherlands Bach Society
Dutch ensemble specialising in Baroque music / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Netherlands Bach Society (Dutch: Nederlandse Bachvereniging) is the oldest ensemble for Baroque music in the Netherlands, and possibly in the world. The ensemble was founded in 1921 in Naarden to perform Bach's St Matthew Passion on Good Friday and has performed the work annually since then in the Grote of Sint-Vituskerk (Great Church or St Vitus Church). From 1983 until 2018, Jos van Veldhoven was the artistic director and conductor. Shunsuke Sato became artistic director in June of 2018[1] and resigned from the position in June of 2023.[2]
Netherlands Bach Society Nederlandse Bachvereniging | |
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Grote of Sint-Vituskerk, where the ensemble has performed traditionally | |
Background information | |
Origin | Naarden, Netherlands |
Genres | Baroque music |
Years active | 1921 (1921)–present |
Website | www |
The ensemble reached its 100th anniversary in 2021. In honor of the milestone, the Society started publishing a new and freely accessible recording every two weeks, including HD video of all 1080 works of Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by members of the ensemble and guest musicians under the title All of Bach.