Young musicians from around the world come together at the International Stuttgart Bach Academy. Directed by the experienced Bach expert and choral director, Hans-Christoph Rademann, they create a 64-person ensemble and work intensively on a new concert programme.

This year Bach’s Lutheran masses are at the centre; works which the Thomas cantor put together in a late phase of his life from cantata movements. What better idea for this music than to seek out a historical Bach location and give a festive birthday concert in the Bach church in Arnstadt?