Freiburger Barockorchester: Hochzeitsmusik

In its third concert of the 2025/26 season, the Freiburger BarockConsort and Vox Luminis celebrate the music surrounding the most beautiful day in life - with festive wedding music by Heinrich Schütz, Johann Sebastian Bach and other members of the Bach family.

Heinrich Schütz
Behold how fine and lovely

Johann Sebastian Bach
The Lord remembers us BWV 196

Johann Christoph Bach
My friend, you are beautiful
The fear of the Lord

Johann Michael Bach
Sei, lieber Tag, willkommen
Nun treten wir ins neue Jahr
Heinrich Bach
Sonata à 5 F-Dur
Johann Bernhard Bach
Ouvertüre Nr. 2 G-Dur

Vox Luminis
Freiburger BarockConsort
Lionel Meunier: Bass & Conductor
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For many people, their wedding is supposed to be the most beautiful day of their lives. Although the attitude towards marriage was not quite so romantic in the 17th and 18th centuries, a wedding was still to be celebrated in a fitting manner - sometimes even over several days. Of course, music was also played at weddings, especially during church services.
Together with their musical friends from Vox Luminis, the musicians of the Freiburg Baroque Consort dedicate themselves to a wide variety of wedding music from Heinrich Schütz to Johann Sebastian Bach. In between, works by Johann Christoph and Johann Michael Bach can be heard. According to the Bach family chronicle, Johann Michael was a skilful composer whose work reflects his artistic character. Johann Christoph Bach, about whom Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach wrote that he was "the great and expressive composer", was even more praised. His works include the cantata "Meine Freundin, Du bist schön".

Free introductory lecture at 7.15 pm in the Mozart Hall
Free arrival and departure by public transport: use of the VVS is included in the ticket.