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Cantata Service

With performance of the cantata BWV 61
The Camerata Laim and the Paul Gerhardt Choir present "Nun komm der Heiden Heiland" by J. S. Bach at the 1st Advent service.
30.11.2025, 10:00 – 11:20

Church service
Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche Munich

Johann Sebastian Bach's cantata on Martin Luther's Advent hymn "Nun komm der Heiden Heiland", composed in Weimar in 1714, opens the new church year musically in the Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche on 1 Advent.

Festive music in the style of a French overture frames the strictly fugal lines of the hymn in the opening chorus. The four solo movements, tenor recitative and aria, bass recitative and soprano aria and the concluding richly figured choral movement promise the coming of the Saviour in Advent joy.

The programme features the instrumental ensemble "Camerata Laim" with soloists, three vocal soloists and the Paul-Gerhardt-Choir Munich under the musical direction of Ilse Krüger.

Works by J. S. Bach

  • Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (BWV 61):

    Kantate zum 1. Advent

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Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche Munich

Mathunistr. 25
80686 München

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Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche Munich

info@paul-gerhardt-muenchen.de
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  • Duration of the event:

    10:00 – 11:20

  • In which language:

    German

Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche
Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche © Toni Ziegler

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Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche Munich

With the Paul Gerhardt Church, the parish has an outstanding sacred building from the 1950s in the west of Munich. For the first time in a Protestant church building, visible brickwork was used not only on the outside but also on the inside as an element of interior design, modelled on Swedish architecture. As part of a comprehensive organ renovation, a new console with new technology was installed in 2024. The church is part of the spacious community centre.

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