Sweelinck Baroque Orchestra
The Sweelinck Baroque Orchestra is an ensemble of students specialising in authentic performance practice at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. Each season, the orchestra performs programmes focusing on composers from the Baroque and early Classical periods in churches and concert halls in Amsterdam, Utrecht, Leiden and Alkmaar. The projects are led by renowned early music specialists from the Netherlands and abroad.
February 2026 | J.S. Bach - Hohe Messe
Sweelinck Baroque Orchestra; Sweelinck Chamber Choir and solo vocalists of the CvA coducted by Maria van Nieukerken
Johann Sebastian Bach - Mass in B minor ‘Hohe Messe’
Together with the Sweelinck Chamber Choir and soloists from the Early Music Voice Department, the Sweelinck Baroque Orchestra will perform the Mass in B minor, nicknamed “Hohe Messe”, the magnum opus that Johann Sebastian Bach wrote at the end of his life. A multitude of styles are featured in this work: intimate solo arias and duets, masterful choral passages, beautiful instrumental solos and complex fugues alternate. Bach drew richly from his earlier masterpieces and forged them into a compilation of highlights. This final vocal work of his career thus forms a sublime final chord.
Concerts
Thu 5 February 2026
20.00h Badkapel Den Haag
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Fri 6 February 2026
12.30h TivoliVredenburg Utrecht
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Sat 7 February 2026
15.00h Stadsgehoorzaal Leiden
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Sun 8 February 2026
14.15h Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ Amsterdam
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