70 years of St Matthew's Church Munich: Bach with choir, orchestra, organ

Concert in St Matthew's Church Munich
Münchner Motettenchor
Concerto München
Benedikt Haag © Peter M. Möhring

70 years of St Matthew's Church Munich: Bach with choir, orchestra, organ

Cantata BWV 79, organ works and the First Brandenburg Concerto

The festive concert commemorates the consecration of the church on 27 November 1955 with the same cantata.

27.11.2025, 19:30 – 21:00

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

Today's St Matthew's Church was consecrated on 27 November 1955. The Bach cantata "Gott der Herr ist Sonne und Schild" was performed on the evening of the inauguration. 70 years later, the Münchner Motettenchor, soloists and the Residenzorchester München performs this cantata again in St Matthew's Church. The Residenzorchester München interprets the First Brandenburg Concerto. Organ works by Bach are played by LKMD Ulrich Knörr, Armin Becker and Martin Wiedenhofer on the Steinmeyer/Woehl organ, too.

Works by J. S. Bach

Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild (BWV 79):

Kantate zum Reformationsfest
Konzert 1 (BWV 1046):

BWV 1046–1051: Die sechs Brandenburgischen Konzerte
Fuge in g-Moll (BWV 578)

Works

Auswahl an Orgelwerken von Bach Friedrich Högner (1897-1981), Präludium in g-Moll zu Bachs Fuge in g-Moll BWV 578

Venue

Evang.-Luth. Bischofskirche St. Matthäus

Nußbaumstr. 1
80336 München

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Evang.-Luth. Kirchengemeinde St. Matthäus

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Evang.-Luth. Dekanatsbezirk Munich
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Münchner Motettenchor e.V.
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Duration of the event:

19:30 – 21:00
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German

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Concert in St Matthew's Church Munich
Münchner Motettenchor
Concerto München
Benedikt Haag

Concert at St Matthew's Church in Munich: Münchner Motettenchor, Concerto Munich, Benedikt Haag © Peter M. Möhring

St Matthew's Church seen from Nußbaumpark (2025) © Armin Becker

Organiser

Evang.-Luth. Kirchengemeinde St. Matthäus

St. Matthäus is the main Protestant-Lutheran and Episcopal church in Munich. The predecessor of the current church was built in 1833 on Sonnenstraße near Karlsplatz and fell victim to National Socialist urban planning in 1938. From 1953 to 1955, Gustav Gsaenger built today's church, which is one of the most important monuments of post-war modernism in Germany.

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