Biography
Bachorchester des Gewandhauses zu Leipzig
Real name: Bachorchester zu Leipzig
Effective period / Period of releases: 1968 - 1985
Members: Friedemann Erben, Dietmar Hallmann, Gerhard Bosse, Klaus Schwenke, Thekla Waldbaur, Willy Neumann, Eva Kästner, Andreas Pammler, Herbert Benkert, Bernd Jäcklin, Hans-Ludwig Mörchen, Karl-Heinz Werchau, Klaus Hebecker, Werner Seltmann, Peter Fischer (3), Hermann Märker, Hans Bärwald, Lothar Max, Volker Metz, Waldemar Schieber, Heinz Hörtzsch, Hannes Kästner, Hans Pischner, Willi Krug, Karl Suske, Peter-Carsten Braun, Wolfgang Espig, Hans-Christian Bartel, Undine Röhner-Stolle, Günter Glass, Karl Mehlig, Franz Genzel, Hans Schlag
The Bachorchester zu Leipzig (sometimes also known as the Bachorchester Leipzig, formerly the Bachorchester des Gewandhauses zu Leipzig) is a chamber orchestra made up of musicians from the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, which performs music by Johann Sebastian Bach and other masters of the Baroque and Pre-Classic periods in particular.