PROGRAMME

PRE-PROGRAMME UNTIL 30 OCTOBER 2025

pARTitur

An artistic overall picture of six individual voices
Inspired by the concept of the score, the artists explore the multi-layered facets of life.
06.10.2025 – 23.01.2026

Exhibition
Landesamt für Digitalisierung, Breitband und Vermessung
SocialArt München

300 years of the second version of the "Johannes-Passion"

Early Music Festival as part of the Munich Residence Week 2025
J. S. Bach's „Johannes-Passion“ as it was performed in St Thomas' Church on Good Friday in 1725.
16.10.2025, 19:00 – 21:05

Concert, Festival
Herkulessaal
Augsburger Domsingknaben

pARTitur

Opening of the art exhibition
Die Ausstellung startet – bei Sekt, Selters und Ohnmachtshäppchen.
16.10.2025, 18:00 – 21:00

Opening, Exhibition
Landesamt für Digitalisierung, Breitband und Vermessung
SocialArt München

CaffeeCantate and Co.

Dominik Wilgenbus brings the entertaining "Kaffeekantate" to the stage with Anna Perwein.
25.10.2025, 15:00

Concert
Hofspielhaus

Anna Magdalena Bach

... and if she had been a man?
GEDOK Munich artists look at the life of Anna Magdalena Bach. What could her life have been like today, 300 years later?
30.10. – 23.11.2025

Exhibition
galerieGEDOKmuc
GEDOK Munich e.V.

Wind chimes

Tactile book for the Ahrend organ
Interesting facts about the Ahrend organ can be heard, touched and read.
30.10. – 07.12.2025

Exhibition, Hands-On-Station / Interaktives Format
Deutsches Museum

"Bach instruments"

Individual tour of the musical instrument exhibition
The app or research sheet takes you to instruments that are important for Johann Sebastian Bach and his reception.
30.10. – 07.12.2025

Exhibition, Guided Tour
Deutsches Museum

Saturday, October 25

CaffeeCantate and Co.

Dominik Wilgenbus brings the entertaining "Kaffeekantate" to the stage with Anna Perwein.
25.10.2025, 15:00 Further dates available

Concert
Hofspielhaus

Friday, October 31

Mittagsmusik

The complete "Wohltemperierte Klavier"
Every day at 12.30 pm and 1.30 pm, students from the University of Music play the preludes and fugues from Bach's famous piano cycles.
31.10.2025, 12:30 Further dates available

Concert
SALON LUITPOLD

Mittagsmusik

The complete "Wohltemperierte Klavier"
Every day at 12.30 pm and 1.30 pm, students from the University of Music play the preludes and fugues from Bach's famous piano cycles.
31.10.2025, 13:30 Further dates available

Concert
SALON LUITPOLD

Not Brook, But Sea and More #1

Tetra Brass & Gregor Hübner
Mesmerizing Tetra Brass and visionary Gregor Hübner bridge tradition and innovation in a dialogue between Bach and Hübner.
31.10.2025, 18:00

Concert
LUDWIG BECK

Opening service for Bachfest München

With City Dean Dr Bernhard Liess
The central festive service takes place every year to commemorate the Reformation and will open the Munich Bachfest.
31.10.2025, 19:00 – 20:30

Church service
Evang.-Luth. Bischofskirche St. Matthäus
Münchner Motettenchor e.V.

Mainolf Brüser and the "Kunst der Fuge"

About a music-historical thriller
The musicologist, musician and lawyer introduces the secrets of Bach's composed cycle and plays selected examples.
31.10.2025, 19:00 – 21:30

Lecture
SALON LUITPOLD

„Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott“

Regional church service in the Michelau deanery
Choral and organ works by J. S. Bach: Performers: "Himlische Cantorey", Prof. Lucas Pohle – organ, Dean Dr Ulrike Schorn –
31.10.2025, 19:00 – 20:10

Concert, Church service
Evang.-Luth. Schloßkirche Lahm (Itzgrund)
Evangelical Lutheran parish of Lahm

The Himmelsburg

VR presentation of Johann Sebastian Bach's place of work in Weimar
Outside just a container, inside a place of longing – the virtual reality project invites you to the long-gone castle chapel "Himmelsburg".
31.10. – 09.11.2025

Hands-On-Station / Interaktives Format, Exhibition
Gasteig HP8
Thüringer Tourismus GmbH

Anna Magdalena Bach

... and if she had been a man?
GEDOK Munich artists look at the life of Anna Magdalena Bach. What could her life have been like today, 300 years later?
30.10. – 23.11.2025

Exhibition
galerieGEDOKmuc
GEDOK Munich e.V.

Bach am Bach

Margret Kube: Along the stream with Bach – walks inspired by Bach
The Munich painter Margret Kube's exhibition is an interactive presentation of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach.
31.10. – 30.11.2025

Exhibition
AtelierMuseum
Magda Bittner-Simmet Stiftung

"Bach instruments"

Individual tour of the musical instrument exhibition
The app or research sheet takes you to instruments that are important for Johann Sebastian Bach and his reception.
30.10. – 07.12.2025

Exhibition, Guided Tour
Deutsches Museum

Wind chimes

Tactile book for the Ahrend organ
Interesting facts about the Ahrend organ can be heard, touched and read.
30.10. – 07.12.2025

Exhibition, Hands-On-Station / Interaktives Format
Deutsches Museum

pARTitur

An artistic overall picture of six individual voices
Inspired by the concept of the score, the artists explore the multi-layered facets of life.
06.10.2025 – 23.01.2026

Exhibition
Landesamt für Digitalisierung, Breitband und Vermessung
SocialArt München

Saturday, November 01

"Komm, du süße Todesstunde!"

The Alte Südfriedhof: from plague cemetery to city park
Inspired by Bach's cantata of the same name, the tour tells the story of musical Munich in the 18th century and beyond.
01.11.2025, 10:00 – 11:30

Guided Tour
Alter Südfriedhof
DREAMTOURS FOR YOU® GmbH

Mittagsmusik

The complete "Wohltemperierte Klavier"
Every day at 12.30 pm and 1.30 pm, students from the University of Music play the preludes and fugues from Bach's famous piano cycles.
01.11.2025, 12:30 Further dates available

Concert
SALON LUITPOLD

Mittagsmusik

The complete "Wohltemperierte Klavier"
Every day at 12.30 pm and 1.30 pm, students from the University of Music play the preludes and fugues from Bach's famous piano cycles.
01.11.2025, 13:30 Further dates available

Concert
SALON LUITPOLD

Jonas Seeberg plays Cello Suites

Bach's suites for solo cello in the unique atmosphere of the Zeughaus
The renowned cellist has been researching the suites for years and presents now a selection himself in the Interim exhibition.
01.11.2025, 15:00 – 16:00

Concert
Münchner Stadtmuseum
Munich City Museum

Third part of the Clavierübung

Johann Sebastian Bach: The complete organ works in Lahm VI
The "great" chorale arrangements of the "Third Part of the Clavierübung" will be presented, flanked by Bach chorales.
01.11.2025, 17:00 – 18:30

Concert
Evang.-Luth. Schloßkirche Lahm (Itzgrund)
Evangelical Lutheran parish of Lahm

The Himmelsburg

VR presentation of Johann Sebastian Bach's place of work in Weimar
Outside just a container, inside a place of longing – the virtual reality project invites you to the long-gone castle chapel "Himmelsburg".
31.10. – 09.11.2025

Hands-On-Station / Interaktives Format, Exhibition
Gasteig HP8
Thüringer Tourismus GmbH

"Bach instruments"

Individual tour of the musical instrument exhibition
The app or research sheet takes you to instruments that are important for Johann Sebastian Bach and his reception.
30.10. – 07.12.2025

Exhibition, Guided Tour
Deutsches Museum

Wind chimes

Tactile book for the Ahrend organ
Interesting facts about the Ahrend organ can be heard, touched and read.
30.10. – 07.12.2025

Exhibition, Hands-On-Station / Interaktives Format
Deutsches Museum

Sunday, November 02

Bach for wind instruments in a church service

With the Blechbläserensemble Preysingbrass
Under the direction of Annunziata De Paola, works, arrangements and chorales by Johann Sebastian Bach will be performed.
02.11.2025, 10:00 – 11:00

Church service
St. Johannes München
Evang.-Luth. Kirchengemeinde St. Johannes

Bach's organ mass in a church service (I)

Choral arrangements from the third part of the "Clavier-Übung"
The congregation experiences organ music as in Bach's time in the Leipzig church service.
02.11.2025, 10:00

Church service
Evang.-Luth. Christuskirche Munich

"O holder Tag"

Wedding Portraits in the Alte Pinakothek
Inspired by Bach's cantata of the same name, the tour presents portraits of bridal couples and lovers in the Alte Pinakothek.
02.11.2025, 10:30 – 12:00

Guided Tour
Alte Pinakothek
DREAMTOURS FOR YOU® GmbH

Mittagsmusik

The complete "Wohltemperierte Klavier"
Every day at 12.30 pm and 1.30 pm, students from the University of Music play the preludes and fugues from Bach's famous piano cycles.
02.11.2025, 12:30 Further dates available

Concert
SALON LUITPOLD

Mittagsmusik

The complete "Wohltemperierte Klavier"
Every day at 12.30 pm and 1.30 pm, students from the University of Music play the preludes and fugues from Bach's famous piano cycles.
02.11.2025, 13:30 Further dates available

Concert
SALON LUITPOLD

Opening Concert Bachfest Munich

To mark the 100th anniversary of the first Bach Festival in the city
With the Windsbacher Knabenchor, the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and outstanding soloists under the direction of Ludwig Böhme
02.11.2025, 15:00 – 17:00

Concert
Gasteig HP8
MünchenMusik Gruppe

Out of the shadow

Anna Magdalena Bach, the woman behind the great composer
Selected scenes from the life of Anna Magdalena Bach with acting, singing, music and shadow theatre presented by the Münchner Ensemble.
02.11.2025, 18:00

Concert & Opera
Hofspielhaus

Bach, Bach, Bach!

Exceptional chamber music from Bach to the present day
GEDOK musicians present chamber music based on Bach and several world premieres for voice, flute, violins, viola and accordion.
02.11.2025, 19:00 – 20:30

Concert
Mohr-Villa
GEDOK Munich e.V.

The Himmelsburg

VR presentation of Johann Sebastian Bach's place of work in Weimar
Outside just a container, inside a place of longing – the virtual reality project invites you to the long-gone castle chapel "Himmelsburg".
31.10. – 09.11.2025

Hands-On-Station / Interaktives Format, Exhibition
Gasteig HP8
Thüringer Tourismus GmbH

"Bach instruments"

Individual tour of the musical instrument exhibition
The app or research sheet takes you to instruments that are important for Johann Sebastian Bach and his reception.
30.10. – 07.12.2025

Exhibition, Guided Tour
Deutsches Museum

Wind chimes

Tactile book for the Ahrend organ
Interesting facts about the Ahrend organ can be heard, touched and read.
30.10. – 07.12.2025

Exhibition, Hands-On-Station / Interaktives Format
Deutsches Museum

Monday, November 03

Mittagsmusik

The complete "Wohltemperierte Klavier"
Every day at 12.30 pm and 1.30 pm, students from the University of Music play the preludes and fugues from Bach's famous piano cycles.
03.11.2025, 12:30 Further dates available

Concert
SALON LUITPOLD

Mittagsmusik

The complete "Wohltemperierte Klavier"
Every day at 12.30 pm and 1.30 pm, students from the University of Music play the preludes and fugues from Bach's famous piano cycles.
03.11.2025, 13:30 Further dates available

Concert
SALON LUITPOLD

The Bach Passions and their theology

A musicological and theological evening
Bach's "Matthäus-" and "Johannes-Passion" still fascinate today and it is worth listening more closely.
03.11.2025, 18:00 – 21:00

Lecture
Bildungszentrum der Münchner Volkshochschule
Munich Adult Education Centre

"So you are my fear?"

Bach as a relaxed performance
Through music and projections, the duo Arima confronts itself and the audience with fear in this multimedia and inclusive concert.
03.11.2025, 19:00 Further dates available

Concert
Gasteig HP8
Gasteig München GmbH – Gasteig HP8

The Himmelsburg

VR presentation of Johann Sebastian Bach's place of work in Weimar
Outside just a container, inside a place of longing – the virtual reality project invites you to the long-gone castle chapel "Himmelsburg".
31.10. – 09.11.2025

Hands-On-Station / Interaktives Format, Exhibition
Gasteig HP8
Thüringer Tourismus GmbH

Bach am Bach

Margret Kube: Along the stream with Bach – walks inspired by Bach
The Munich painter Margret Kube's exhibition is an interactive presentation of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach.
31.10. – 30.11.2025

Exhibition
AtelierMuseum
Magda Bittner-Simmet Stiftung

"Bach instruments"

Individual tour of the musical instrument exhibition
The app or research sheet takes you to instruments that are important for Johann Sebastian Bach and his reception.
30.10. – 07.12.2025

Exhibition, Guided Tour
Deutsches Museum

Wind chimes

Tactile book for the Ahrend organ
Interesting facts about the Ahrend organ can be heard, touched and read.
30.10. – 07.12.2025

Exhibition, Hands-On-Station / Interaktives Format
Deutsches Museum

pARTitur

An artistic overall picture of six individual voices
Inspired by the concept of the score, the artists explore the multi-layered facets of life.
06.10.2025 – 23.01.2026

Exhibition
Landesamt für Digitalisierung, Breitband und Vermessung
SocialArt München

Tuesday, November 04

Mittagsmusik

The complete "Wohltemperierte Klavier"
Every day at 12.30 pm and 1.30 pm, students from the University of Music play the preludes and fugues from Bach's famous piano cycles.
04.11.2025, 12:30 Further dates available

Concert
SALON LUITPOLD

Mittagsmusik

The complete "Wohltemperierte Klavier"
Every day at 12.30 pm and 1.30 pm, students from the University of Music play the preludes and fugues from Bach's famous piano cycles.
04.11.2025, 13:30 Further dates available

Concert
SALON LUITPOLD

"So you are my fear?"

Bach as a relaxed performance
Through music and projections, the duo Arima confronts itself and the audience with fear in this multimedia and inclusive concert.
04.11.2025, 15:00

Concert
Gasteig HP8
Gasteig München GmbH – Gasteig HP8

Coffee Cantata

„Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht“, BWV 211
Semi-concertante performance with members of the solo ensemble and the orchestra of the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz
04.11.2025, 19:30 – 20:30 Further dates available

Concert, Concert & Opera
Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz

Organ Recital

Martin Wiedenhofer plays organ works by Bach.
04.11.2025, 19:30 – 20:30

Concert
Evang.-Luth. Bischofskirche St. Matthäus
Evang.-Luth. Kirchengemeinde St. Matthäus

The Himmelsburg

VR presentation of Johann Sebastian Bach's place of work in Weimar
Outside just a container, inside a place of longing – the virtual reality project invites you to the long-gone castle chapel "Himmelsburg".
31.10. – 09.11.2025

Hands-On-Station / Interaktives Format, Exhibition
Gasteig HP8
Thüringer Tourismus GmbH

Anna Magdalena Bach

... and if she had been a man?
GEDOK Munich artists look at the life of Anna Magdalena Bach. What could her life have been like today, 300 years later?
30.10. – 23.11.2025

Exhibition
galerieGEDOKmuc
GEDOK Munich e.V.

Bach am Bach

Margret Kube: Along the stream with Bach – walks inspired by Bach
The Munich painter Margret Kube's exhibition is an interactive presentation of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach.
31.10. – 30.11.2025

Exhibition
AtelierMuseum
Magda Bittner-Simmet Stiftung

"Bach instruments"

Individual tour of the musical instrument exhibition
The app or research sheet takes you to instruments that are important for Johann Sebastian Bach and his reception.
30.10. – 07.12.2025

Exhibition, Guided Tour
Deutsches Museum

Wind chimes

Tactile book for the Ahrend organ
Interesting facts about the Ahrend organ can be heard, touched and read.
30.10. – 07.12.2025

Exhibition, Hands-On-Station / Interaktives Format
Deutsches Museum

pARTitur

An artistic overall picture of six individual voices
Inspired by the concept of the score, the artists explore the multi-layered facets of life.
06.10.2025 – 23.01.2026

Exhibition
Landesamt für Digitalisierung, Breitband und Vermessung
SocialArt München

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