The Freiburg Baroque Orchestra looks back on a success story lasting almost thirty years and is a popular guest at the most important concert halls and opera houses. A glance at the ensemble’s concert calendar shows a diverse repertoire played at a variety of venues, ranging from the Baroque to the musical present and from Freiburg to the Far East. The Freiburgers’ artistic credo, however, remains unchanged: the creative curiosity of each of them, with the intention of playing a composition in as lively and as expressive a manner as possible.
Under the artistic directorship of Gottfried von der Goltz and Kristian Bezuidenhout, and under the baton of selected conductors, the FBO presents it-self with about one hundred performances per year in a variety of formations from chamber to opera orchestra: a self-administrated ensemble with its own subscription concerts at Freiburg’s Concert Hall, Stuttgart’s Liederhalle, and Berlin’s Philharmonie and with tours all over the world.
Andreas Richter Cultural Consulting represents the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra in Asia, Great Britain, Germany and neighboring countries on request.
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„This is an opportunity to experience and savour some exhilarating music and witness some spectacular performances.“
stagewhisperes.com, 27 March 2025
„What’s not to like? That this two-hour concert was over all too soon.“
Limelight, 27 March 2025
„What a wonderful gift for these challenging times!“
Limelight, 13 March 2020
SELECTION OF PROJECTS 2027/28
December 2027
CHRISTMAS ORATORIO AND B MINOR MASS
Freiburger Baroque Orchestra / Vox Luminis / Lionel Meunier, bass & musical leader
Together with the brilliant vocal ensemble Vox Luminis, the Freiburger Barockorchester has been celebrating triumphs for several years.
J. S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio BWV 248, Cantatas 1-6 / Mass in B minor BWV 232
April 2028
ST. JOHN PASSION
Freiburger Baroque Orchestra / The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge / Christopher Gray, conductor / soloists tbc.
The Freiburger Barockorchester plans Bach’s St. John Passion together with one of the oldest and finest choirs in Great Britain, the Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge. Situated at the intersection between sacred music in the service of the liturgy and dramatic storytelling, the Passion engages with overarching themes whose timelessness can also provide spiritual impulses for audiences in secular times.
J. S. Bach: St. John Passion BWV 245
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PAST CONCERTS – A SELECTION
19, 23, 25, 30 November, 02 December 2023, Staatsoper Berlin
21 November 2023, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
MÉDÉE
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle, conductor / Peter Sellars, stage director / Frank Gehry stage / Camille Assaf costumes / Magdalena Kožená, Médée / Reinoud Van Mechelen, Jason / Luca Tittoto, Créon / Carolyn Sampson, Créuse / Jehanne Amzal, Cléone / Gyula Orendt, Oronte / Staatsopernchor
M.-C. Charpentier: Médée. Tragédie mise en musique (1693)
“This music, with its bewitching beauty, is not of this world.“
Süddeutsche Zeitung, 21 November 2023
“All the colors of Baroque music can be heard from the orchestra pit this evening.“
taz, 21. November 2023
3 May 2023, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg / 6 May 2023, Staatstheater Wiesbaden / 30 June 2023 Philharmonie Berlin
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra / Max Urlacher, actor / RIAS Kammerchor Berlin / Mi-Young Kim, soprano / Anna Schaumlöffel, mezzo-soprano / Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor
F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: A Midsummer Night’s Dream op. 61
F. Schubert: Symphony no. 6 in C major D. 589(Hamburg, Wiesbaden)
E. Grieg: „Aus Holbergs Zeit“ suite for string orchestra op. 40
“It sounds like trembling and rustling in the forest, where the elves flit about.”
Hamburger Abendblatt, 5 May 2023
“When the violins, after the three magical opening chords crowned by glowing recorders, begin to whisper on gut strings, that’s when this enchantingly unreal atmosphere unfolds.”
Tagesspiegel Berlin, 1. July 2023
13 December 2022, deSingel, Antwerpen / 14 December 2022, Chiesa di San Pietro, Perugia
15 December 2022, Basilica di San Vittore, Varese / 16 December 2022, Franziskaner Konzerthaus, Villingen / 18 December 2022, Kölner Philharmonie / 19 December 2022, Kammermusiksaal der Philharmonie, Berlin / 21 December 2022, Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Liederhalle, Stuttgart / 22 December 2022, Konzerthaus Freiburg
MAGNIFICAT
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra / Vox Luminis / Lionel Meunier, bass & leader
J. S. Bach: Magnificat in E-flat major BWV 243A / J. Kuhnau: Uns ist ein Kind geboren BWV 142, Magnificat in C major
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bachtrack, 19 December 2022
28 April 2022, Konzerthaus Freiburg / 30 April 2022, Staatstheater Wiesbaden / 03 May 2022, Kölner Philharmonie / 04 May 2022, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
FREISCHÜTZ
Polina Pasztircsák, soprano – Agathe / Kateryna Kasper, soprano – Ännchen / Maximilian Schmitt, tenor – Max / Dimitry Ivashchenko, bass – Kaspar / Christian Immler, bass – Eremit / Max Urlacher, speaker – Samiel / Zürcher Sing-Akademie / Freiburger Barockorchester / René Jacobs, conductor
C. M. von Weber: Der Freischütz
“Great hit on the bull’s eye!“
Hamburger Abendblatt, 06 May 2022
“Concertante always also means theatrical with René Jacobs.”
Badische Zeitung, 30 April 2022
10 March 2020, Melbourne Recital Center
BEETHOVEN I
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra / Gottfried von der Goltz, leader & violin / Kris Bezuidenhout, piano
L. v. Beethoven: Piano Concert no. 1 in C major op. 15 / Piano Concerto no. 2 in B flat major op. 19 / Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minor op. 37
11 March 2020, Melbourne Recital Center
BEETHOVEN II
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra / Gottfried von der Goltz, leader & violin / Kris Bezuidenhout, piano
L. v. Beethoven: Ouverture Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus op.43 / Piano Concerto no. 4 in G major op. 58 / Ouverture Coriolan op. 62, Piano Concerto no. 5 in E flat major op. 73
27 November 2018, Elbphilharmonie
HIPPOLYTE ET ARICIE
Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor / Aletta Collins, Director, Choreography / Ólafur Elíasson, Stage, Light Design, Costumes / Anna Prohaska, Aricie / Reinoud van Mechelen, Hippolyte / Magdalena Kozená, Phèdre / Gyula Orendt, Thésée / Elsa Dreisig, Diane / Staatsopernchor
J.-P. Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie
