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De Nederlandse Bachvereniging (Choir & Baroque Orchestra)

Founded: 1922 - Amsterdam, the Netherlands

De Nederlandse Bachvereniging (The Netherlands Bach Society; = NBV) owes its existence and fame to the performances of J.S. Bach's St. Matthew Passion (BWV 244) which it has given since 1922, in the Grote Kerk, Naarden. These performances are greatly beloved by the Dutch public, and they attract a yearly audience of more than 12,000. Since 1983 De Nederlandse Bachvereniging is working with its own Choir and Baroque Orchestra. The present-day Netherlands Bach Society consists of a group of professional singers and instrumentalists who are specialized in the performance practice of 17th and 18th century repertoire. The artistic director, and chief conductor of The Netherlands Bach Society, is Jos van Veldhoven.

The Netherlands Bach Society gives about 50 concerts a year, primarily with works of J.S. Bach and his contemporaries and predecessors. There is a wide range of programming, ranging from the major Baroque works to lesser known compositions and the smaller-scale repertoire. The flexibility of the ensemble enables it to give performances with both large and small settings, of both religious and secular choral and orchestral music. The Netherlands Bach Society has therefore performed an impressive number of works including many compositions receiving their first-ever present-day performances. This creative programming is inspiring for both musicians and public.

Most of the concerts take place in the Netherlands. The Choir and Baroque Orchestra of The Netherlands Bach Society have frequently appeared at festivals in the Netherlands and abroad. Concert tours have brought the choir to France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Poland, Norway, Japan, and the USA. Intensive co-operation with the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra under Ton Koopman has resulted in many joint projects. The Netherlands Bach Society also co-operates regularly with ensembles such as Concerto Palatino and l’Ensemble vocal Sagittarius.

About half of the yearly projects are conducted by artistic director Jos van Veldhoven. On other occasions, the Netherlands Bach Society (Choir and Baroque Orchestra) has collaborated with prominent early music conductors such as Alfredo Bernardini, Fabio Bonizzoni, Frans Brüggen, Marcus Creed, Peter Dijkstra, Iván Fischer, Philippe Herreweghe, Monica Huggett, Jos van Immerseel, René Jacobs, Ton Koopman, Sigiswald Kuijken, Gustav Leonhardt, Václav Luks, Hermann Max, Paul McCreesh, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Paul van Nevel, Roger Norrington, Christoph Prégardien, Andrew Parrott, Hans-Christoph Rademann, and Masaaki Suzuki.

The Netherlands Bach Society has made several CD-recordings in a successful cooperation with Channel Classics Records. These series of innovative recordings of lesser known works include music by Netherlands and Italian composers. All of these CD's have also received high praise from the critics.

'The playing was lively and fresh, and the small choir floated over it with perfect clarity' (New York Times)
Christmas Oratorio: 'Anyone looking for a classy present need look no further than this deluxe set'; 'The performance is unfailingly stylish, moving in the retelling of the Nativity and appropriately joyful'. (Sunday Times);
' played and sung with great urgency and stylishness by the voices and period instruments' (The Guardian)
Death & Devotion: This is one of the most successfully made discs I've heard in a very long time' (Classics today.com)

Artistic Directors

Johan Schoonderbeek (1922-1927)
Evert Cornelis (1927-1931)
Anthon van der Horst (1931-1965)
Charles de Wolff (1965-1983)
Jos van Veldhoven (1983-2018)
Shunske Sato (from 2018)

Members of De Nederlandse Bachvereniging Choir (1992-2020):

Sopranos

Altos

Tenors

Basses

Margriet Agricola
Joke Anjewierden
Lauren Armishaw
Ulrike Barth
Aldona Bartnik
Mariëtte Bastiaansen
Ghislaine van den Berg-van Opstal
Amelia Berridge
Lore Binon
Elisabeth Blom
Christine Bohnenkamp
Loes Bottemanne
Annelies Brants
Lucy De Butts
Lucía Caihuela
Lucie Chartin
Griet de Geyter
Marjan van Giel
Loes Groot Antink
Marijke van der Harst
Marie Heeschen
Anne Hodgkinson
Christien van 't Hof
Liesbeth Houdijk
Margot Kalse
Aleksandra Lewandowska
Sarah Van Mol
Mónica de Jesus Monteiro
Lisa Mooyman
Mariëtte Oelderik
Marta Paklar
Stephanie Pfeffer
Judith Pranger
Esther Putter
Hilde Van Ruymbeke
Cressida Sharp
Marjon Strijk
Murni Suwetja
Stefanie True
Maria Valdmaa
Klaartje van Veldhoven
Orlanda Velez Isidro
Colette Vodegel Matzen
Kristen Witmer

Marjolein Aartsen
Pedro Adarraga
Carla Babelegoto
Harry Baas Becking
Mirjam Boers
Saskia Bouma
Tim Braithwaite
Helen Cassano
Victoria Cassano McDonald
Jonathan De Ceuster
Marine Fribourg
Elsbeth Gerritsen
Marleene Goldstein
Sofia Gvirts
Siebe Haagsma
Barnabás Hegyi
Madeleine Ingenhousz
Gemma Jansen
Marianne Kettel
Luise Kimm
Iris de Koomen
Adriaan De Koster
Kaspar Kröner
Saskia Kruysse
Daniel Lager
Lester Lardenoye
Mieke van Laren
Laura Lopes
Leandro Marziotte
Bernadett Nagy
Annemieke van der Ploeg
Truike van ver Poel
Elena Pozhidaeva
Laurence Renson
Michaela Riener
Inga Schneider
Bart Uvyn
Lida Wels
Lucia van Westerlaak
Franske van der Wiel
Eimi Witmer
Jan Zwerver

Emilio Aguilar
Christofoor Baljon
Jan Berkers
Robert Buckland
Rens Buma
Ben Coelman
Guy Cutting
Christian Damsgaard
Hans van Dijk
Jasper Dijkstra
Dolf Drabbels
Ton Edelbrock
Wolfgang Frisch
Robert Getchell
Guido Groenland
Yves Van Handenhove
Tom Huizinga
Niek Idelenburg
Daniel Johannsen
Adriaan De Koster
Gert Klück
Gert M. Knepper
David Lee
João Moreira
Luigi Orsini
André Pérez Muiño
Richard Prada
Olivier Rault
Christopher Renz
Diederik Rooker
Immo Schröder
Kevin Skelton
Mikael Stenbaek
Hitoshi Tamada
Ronald Threels
Endrik Üksvärav
Réne Veen
Hans van de Veerdonk
Ronald Visser
Scott Wellstead

Matthew Baker
Donald Bentvelsen
Coert van der Berg
Hans van Bergen
Martijn de Graaf Bierbrauwer
Nicolas Boulanger
Jan Carpentier
Kees Deij
Erks Jan Dekker
Jelle Draijer
Michaël van Ekeren
Andreas Goetze
Ken Gould
Peter Dijkstra
Jelle Draijer
Joep van Geffen
Lex de Haan
Frank Hermans
Arie Hordijk
Paul Joosten
Rob Kortlang
Pierre-Guy Le Gall White
Angus McPhee
Michiel Meijer
Lionel Meunier
Sebastian Myrus
Paul-Peter Polak
Felix Rumpf
Drew Santini
Felix Schwandtke
Robert van der Vinne
Jaap van der Wel
Matthias Winckhler
John Woudt

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Sources:
Liner notes to the 3-CD album ‘J.S. Bach: Matthäus-Passion’ conducted by Jos van Veldhoven (Channel Classics, 1997)
De Nederlandse Bachvereniging Website (March 2003)
Hans Schimmel
- The Netherlands Bach Society (May 2006)
Contributed by
Aryeh Oron (June 2001, March 2015, September 2015), Hans Schimmel (May 2006)

Anthon van der Horst: Short Biograpy | Ensembles: Nederlandse Bachvereniging
Bach Discography:
Recordings of Vocal Works

Charles de Wolff: Short Biography | Ensembles: Nederlandse Bachvereniging
Bach Discography:
Recordings of Vocal Work

Jos van Veldhoven: Short Biography | Ensembles: Nederlandse Bachvereniging
Bach Discography: Recordings of Vocal Works:
Part 1 | Part 2 | General Discussions
Bach Series:
Nederlandse Bachvereniging: All of Bach | List of Filmed & Recorded Works
Individual Recordings:
BWV 232 - J.v. Veldhoven | BWV 244 - J.v. Veldhoven | BWV 245 - J.v. Veldhoven | BWV 248 - J.v. Veldhoven

Shunske Sato: Short Biography | Ensembles: Nederlandse Bachvereniging
Bach Discography:
Recordings of Vocal Works | Recordings of Instrumental Works
Bach Series:
Nederlandse Bachvereniging: All of Bach | List of Filmed & Recorded Works

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

As

Works

Peter Dijkstra

Choir & Orchestra

V-13 (2013): BWV 244 [4th recording]

René Jacobs

Choir & Orchestra

Member of Nederlandse Bachvereniging:
[AB-245] (2021, Video): BWV 245, 1725 version [2nd recording]

Ton Koopman

Choir

BWV 244 [1st], BWV 245 [1st]

Gustav Leonhardt

Choir

BWV 232

Lars Ulrik Mortensen

Orchestra

Video: BWV 54, BWV 82

André Vandernnot

Choir

BWV 245

Links to other Sites

De Nederlandse Bachvereniging - The Netherlands Bach Society [Mostly Dutch]
Netherlands Bach Society – biography (Channel Classics)


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