Bach Festivals & Cantata Series
Stockholms Bachsällskap: Bach Cantata Series

Name:

Stockholm Bachsällskap = Stockhom Bach Society

Location:

Stockholm, Sweden

Venues:

Hedvig Eleonora Kyrka

Years:

Since 2009 (Cantata Series)

Months:

(October-January) One Sunday a month; 2-3 cantata each rime.

Artistic Director:

Katarina Bengtson

Ensembles:

Stockholms Bachsällskap (Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble)

Website:

Stockholms Bachsällskap [Swedish]

History & Mission:

The Stockholm Bach Society was founded by Katarina Bengtson in 2009, inspired by the Bach-cantata series at the Royal Academy of Music in London, in which she had participated during 2009. The aim of the Society is to play one concert a month, 2-3 cantatas each time, and as close to the intended Sunday as possible. They play on historical instruments, and try and stay as true to the original versions/interpretations as possible, at least as far as they can know. They ususally play with single strings, and with a choir only consisting of the SATB soli, but sometimes have the local choir singing as well, and have also had a doubling quartet for the choirs.

Logo:

Source: Stockholms Bachsällskap Website

Prepared by Aryeh Oron (November 2010 - January 2012)
Thanks to contributors: Michael Cox (November 2010), Katarina Bengtson (November 2010)