Die Deutschen Bach-Vocalisten — The German Bach-Vocalistswere founded as a project choir by Gerhard Weinberger in 1986 and existed until the Bach Year 2000. Their artistic work was based on the historical practice of performance, as it is discernible from 16th and 17th century sources. Since its founding, the ensemble specialised on performances with a small ensemble according to the practices of chamber music, as it was custom in Bach’s times. Besides the a-cappella repertory, the ensemble began to devote itself to Bach’s major sacred choral works, which were put on in cooperation with renowned soloists and baroque orchestras. It took the ensemble only a short time to be noticed among experts. Numerous invitations to international festivals and concert series give testimony to the high esteem in which the ensemble was held.
