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With the performance of the Christmas Oratorio on 19 December 2026 in the Chamber Music Hall, Heribert Breuer and the Berlin Bach Academy will bid farewell to the stage after several decades of active musical creativity and concert performances.



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  • Orchestra of the Berlin Bach Academy
  • Heribert Breuer, conductor
  • Christina Roterberg, soprano
  • Katharina Kammerloher, alto
  • Maximilian Vogler, tenor
  • Philipp Jekal, bass
  • Choir of the Berlin Bach Academy

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Christmas Oratorio BWV 248: Cantatas 1, 2 and 6



On 1 December 1991, the choir founded by Heribert Breuer gave its inaugural concert with Johann Sebastian Bach’s Christmas Oratorio. Thirty-five years later, the Berlin Bach Academy returns to this work for its final concert together.

On 19 December 2026, Heribert Breuer will conduct the choir and orchestra of the Berlin Bach Academy for the last time in the Chamber Music Hall of the Berlin Philharmonie. With Cantatas I, II and VI, he will bid farewell to the ensemble he founded in 1991. This will also be the final concert of the Berlin Bach Academy Choir.

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Participating artists
Christina Roterberg
Katharina Kammerloher
Maximilian Vogler
Philipp Jekal
Chor der Berliner Bach Akademie
Orchester der Berliner Bach Akademie
Heribert Breuer
Dates
December 2026
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