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Bach's Mass in B minor

The Dresden Chamber Choir with Bach's masterpiece
© Marco Borggreve

About the Concert

"The greatest artwork the world has ever seen" - at least that's what the head of the Berlin Sing-Akademie, Carl Friedrich Zelter, thought in 1811, over 60 years after Bach's death, about his Mass in B minor. But even without this superlative, it is the work of the master that is still the most frequently performed worldwide and is even said to make die-hard atheists contemplate. It is considered the peak of Bach's work and is the last major work that he was able to complete shortly before his death. For the Dresden Chamber Choir and Hans-Christoph Rademann, it is also a summit in a way, as the choir, together with the Dresden Philharmonic, will perform it as the highlight of its 40th anniversary year.

Program

Johann Sebastian Bach
Hohe Messe in B minor for soloists, choir, and orchestra

Artists

Hans-Christoph Rademann
Conductor
Christina Landshamer
Soprano
Marie Henriette Reinhold
Alto
Patrick Grahl
Tenor
Matthias Winckhler
Bass
Dresdner Kammerchor
Dresdner Philharmonie
Programme booklet to media library

Biographies

Hans-Christoph Rademann

Conductor

Hans-Christoph Rademann was born in Dresden and used to be a member of the Kreuzchor. While still studying choral and orchestral conducting, he founded the Dresdner Kammerchor, which he developed into an internationally renowned top choir and continues to conduct to this day. After holding leading positions with the NDR Chor and the RIAS Kammerchor, he has been Director of the International Bach Academy Stuttgart since 2013 and Artistic Director of the Erzgebirge Music Festival since 2008. In 2025, he was awarded the Georg Friedrich Händel Ring.

 

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Christina Landshamer

Christina Landshamer is a versatile concert, opera and lieder singer in high demand worldwide. With her warm, lyrical soprano voice, she covers a broad repertoire ranging from Baroque to Mozart and Beethoven to Wagner and Strauss, performing in the most famous concert halls of Europe, Asia and the USA. Numerous CD and DVD recordings testify to her talent and skill. In 2024, she was appointed Professor of Voice at the Stuttgart University of Music and Performing Arts.

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Marie Henriette Reinhold

Leipzig-born mezzo-soprano Marie Henriette Reinhold has performed in numerous concert halls and major churches in Germany and other European countries since graduating with honours in 2020. She has been performing at the Bayreuth Festival since 2019, where she will sing one of Klingsor's Flowermaidens and the Voice from Above in "Parsifal" as well as Floßhilde in "Der Ring" in the anniversary year 2026. She is also highly successful in the baroque repertoire, in new music and in the lied repertoire.

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Patrick Grahl

Patrick Grahl was initially a member of the St Thomas Boys' Choir and subsequently studied singing, also in his hometown of Leipzig. Since winning first prize at the 20th International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in 2016, the tenor has been in high demand as an opera, concert and oratorio singer, and his work has been documented on numerous CD and radio recordings. He has worked with conductors such as Sir Simon Rattle, Vladimir Jurowski, Manfred Honeck, Ton Koopman, Andrew Manze, and Hans-Christoph Rademann.

 

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Matthias Winckhler

Matthias Winckhler, a bass-baritone from Munich, mainly performs as a Lied and oratorio singer in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands and is a regular guest at major festivals. From 2015 to 2018, he was a member of the ensemble at the Hanover State Opera, where he could be seen in roles ranging from Mozart's Papageno to Korngold's Frank in "Die tote Stadt". He received musical inspiration in masterclasses from Matthias Goerne, Christa Ludwig, Bejun Mehta and Peter Schreier, among others.

 

 

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Dresdner Kammerchor

In its 40-year history, the Dresdner Kammerchor under the direction of Hans-Christoph Rademann has developed an outstanding sound that has earned it worldwide renown. The choir is still associated with its founding place, the Dresdner Musikhochschule, through annual collaborations. Its repertoire ranges from baroque music, especially Saxon court music, to choral symphonic pieces from the classical and romantic periods, as well as a cappella works from the 19th and 20th centuries, and contemporary music.

 

 

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Dresdner Philharmonie

Top Class!

That is the claim of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra. The orchestra stands for concerts at the highest artistic level, musical education for all ages and looking beyond the musical horizon. Guest performances on almost every continent and collaborations with guests from all over the world have established the reputation of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra in the international classical music world.  

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