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The Bach Collegium Zürich (= BCZ) was founded in the anniversary year 2000 on the 250th anniversary of J.S. Bach's death in Zürich, with the idea of maintaining the oeuvre of the Thomaskantor as a main focus. The ensemble consists of a choir pool of trained voices and an orchestra pool with professional musicians who feel particularly fond of early music - especially that of J.S. Bach.
In its multi-year history, the BCZ has performed a notable part of J.S. Bach's oeuvre, many of them several times: all the great oratorios and passions, some orchestral and organ works, a considerable number of cantatas, the latter in the highly regarded Zürcher Bachkantaten-Zyklus (Zürich Bach Cantatas Cycle) since 2009-2010. In addition, the repertoire has been continuously expanded with selected compositions from the Renaissance to the modern.
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary, the BCZ undertook an extremely successful tour to Germany, which was crowned with the takeover of two Motets at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig instead of the Thomanerchor Leipzig. In 2011 the association organized the Internationale Bach-Tage Zürich for the third time, which attracted a lot of attention with its extensive program. In the winter of 2012, the BCZ performed for the first time as a guest of the “Zermatt Unplugged” Music Festival with great success in Zermatt, with a Christmas concert as part of the Season Opening. The BCZ achieved something unique in Switzerland in the spring of 2013 with the staged performances of J.S. Bach's Johannes-Passion (BWV 245).
In addition to the traditional Passion, Prayer, Advent and guest concerts at home and abroad, there are currently monthly events with music by J.S. Bach in changing cast in the Wasserkirche Zürich as part of the Musik und Wort (Music and Word) cycle. The Bach cantatas cycle is also continued.
The Musical Director of Bach Collegium Zürich is Bernhard Hunziker. |
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Anna Burkhardt
Hannelore Eirich
Irmgard Germann
Nadeschde Hoidn Wiede
Elfriede Junghans
Katharina Hesse
Caecilia Kessler
Sarina Knapp
Carmela Konrad
Mira Koshy
Sonja Kronberger van Lier
Carolina Kuhlenkamp
Gerburg Ludwig
Daniela Nieden
Jaqueline Nussbaum
Christa Pfenninger-Siegenthaler
Stephany Rickenbach
Gabriela Schubert
Nicole Tabet
Laura Werlen
Sandra Widmer-Beierlein
Susanne Zobl-Ruh |
Kristina Auerswald
Myriam Birrer
Julia Bolsinger
Brigitte Gobet
Barbara Grimm
Kathrin Hartmann
Anne Hinrichsen
Katharina Knoche
Rebekka Knüsel
Helga Rietz
Sabine Schaub
Annette Scheblein
Burga Schweingruber
Gerogina Seel
Mirjam Spillmann
Sabine Stevens
Monique Tabet |
Tilman Beierlein
Martin Brombacher
Remy Burnens
Felix Caprez
Paul Grimm
Christian Gutekunst
Martin Hanselmann
Samuel Hartmann
Hansruedi Huber
Philipp Marti
Stephan Pfenninger
Jürg Schubert
Boris Spycher
Bernhard Ströbel
Urs Troxler
Sven Wildner |
Bernhard Allemann
Benjamin Appl
Peter Bellwald
André Burnand
Peter Hobi
Martin Knoche
Hanspeter Knüsel
Georg Krüger
Josef Schalbetter
Fred Schreiber
Matti Schüsseler
Martin Walthert
Thomas Walthert
Andreas Wiede |
