Abendmusik: from Buxtehude to Bach 

Jeanne Lamon Hall

May 15, 2026 8:00 pm
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Experience Buxtehude’s profound influence on Bach

In 1705, the 20-year-old Johann Sebastian Bach journeyed 400 kilometres on foot from Arnstadt to Lübeck to meet and learn from the great composer Dietrich Buxtehude, then aged 70. During Bach’s three-month stay he would have experienced Buxtehude’s legendary Abendmusiken, or “Evening Concerts”, with their mix of sacred vocal and instrumental music presented in St. Mary’s Church.  

Our own special Abendmusik invites you to experience Buxtehude’s profound influence on Bach, and meet other musical travellers along the way: Johann Christoph Bach, Graupner, Doles, Reincken and Krebs. 

Come, refresh your spirit and soul with our Abendmusik offering, featuring the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir and members of the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. 

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Running Time
120 minutes
Style of Music
Choral

Program

Buxtehude Befiehl dem Engel, daß er komm    

Reincken Adagio & Allemande, from Hortus Musicus Partita I

Johann Christoph Bach Fürchte dich nicht
Reincken Sarabande, from Hortus Musicus Partita I   

“Jesu, meine Freude” reimagined
Krebs Jesu, meine Freude                                    
Graupner Trotz dem alten Drachen                            
Buxtehude Weg mit allen Schätzen                             
Doles Weichet, Sorg und Zagen                           

Johann Sebastian Bach             
Chorale “Jesu, meine Freude,” BWV 753 from Notebook for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

Motet “Jesu, meine Freude”                       

“Der aber die Herzen forschet / Du heilige Brunst” from Motet “Der Geist hilft”