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BachWerk is a Brussels choir and orchestra performing classical music in Belgium and beyond. BachWerk was founded in 2013 to overcome a gap in Brussels’ classical music scene between the largest, well-established, community music groups, and professional chamber choirs. Made up of around 30 singers, and 10 to 20 players, BachWerk sits in between. Their aim is to produce a clear, quality, and full, sound.
The name, BachWerk, is derived from J.S. Bach's collection of music (called the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis or BWV) because J.S. Bach is our starting point and our repertoire is anchored around J.S. Bach. But they also perform music by other composers and covering other eras, from Renaissance to contemporary classical music. They work with different conductors for each concert giving their singers and players the opportunity to experience different interpretations and work to the best of our abilities, and for their audience to enjoy a fresh sound. Their sell-out premiere concert in December 2013 was J.S. Bach's Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248, and this is a masterpiece they have returned to several times since.
As a young, still relatively new, choir, BachWerk Brussels have been privileged to have new classical music written especially for them by Belgian-American composer, David Miller, and to have worked several times with the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of their superb conductor, David Navarro Turres. BachWerk has performed in Germany, Belgium and Austria and they are always interested to hear about new opportunities. |
