--- title: "Musica Sacra: Bachvent—Veni redemptor gentium" url: "https://www.donauregion.at/en/oesterreich-veranstaltung/detail/430298792/musica-sacra-bachvent-veni-redemptor-gentium.html" description: BachWerkVokal Salzburg image: "https://www.donauregion.at/fileadmin/user_upload/danube/Logos/Donauregion_OOE/Logo-Donauregion-EN.svg" date: 2015-07-24 modified: 2026-03-05 --- # Musica Sacra: Bachvent—Veni redemptor gentium Musica Sacra: Bachvent—Veni redemptor gentium =============================================== 20.12.2026 / 17:00 Linz, Church of the Minor Friars Brauchtumsveranstaltung, Festival, Musikveranstaltung, Konzert, Weihnachts-, Adventveranstaltung ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/260x195/258115/47961A19BE51A388DE6B8A947B125FCF0B2119D6F01E2A1E1B0F5E3223C5B8CC/minoritenkirche.jpg) View copyright © Linztourismus_MK Close copyright [ ![A Baroque high altar with gold ornamentation and a ceiling fresco in a church, festively lit](https://assets.tourdata.at/x550/258115/47961A19BE51A388DE6B8A947B125FCF0B2119D6F01E2A1E1B0F5E3223C5B8CC/minoritenkirche.jpg "© Linztourismus_MK") ](https://assets.tourdata.at/1920x/258115/47961A19BE51A388DE6B8A947B125FCF0B2119D6F01E2A1E1B0F5E3223C5B8CC/minoritenkirche.jpg) Promenade 24 4020 Linz [ open in Google Maps ](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Promenade%2024%2C%204020%20Linz "Link will open in a new window") [ Open in Apple Maps ](https://maps.apple.com/place?address=Promenade%2024%2C%204020%20Linz "Link will open in a new window") ![](https://static.ecmaps.de/staticmap.jpg?experience=webarchitektur-meta&lat=48.303973&lon=14.285467&width=991&height=450&project=ttg-osm-summer-original&zoom=2000&server=meta.tourdata.at) [ Event information ](#ttgCollapseBeschreibung) ------------------------------------------------- BachWerkVokal Salzburg The Bachvent program highlights Bach’s collection of Advent cantatas and, through these works of church music, reinterprets the late-antique hymn “Veni redemptor gentium” by Ambrose of Milan, which Martin Luther adapted into the chorale form we know today “Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland.” In the two-part cantata “Schwingt freudig euch empor” (BWV 36), which frames this evening’s program, the chorale is repeatedly incorporated, highlighted, and infused throughout the various movements. In this way, Bach transforms a formerly secular congratulatory cantata into an Advent piece. [ Contact ](#ttgCollapseKontakt) ---------------------------------- **Musica Sacra Linz** Promenade 39, 4010 Linz Phone[+43 732 7611-400](tel:+437327611400) E-Mail[office@musicasacra.at](#mailto) Web[www.musicasacra.at/](http://www.musicasacra.at/) book a ticket [book a ticket](https://www.musicasacra.at/programm/bachvent "New window") --- **We speak the following languages** German [ Event location ](#ttgCollapseVeranstaltungsorte) ---------------------------------------------------- **Church of the Minor Friars** Promenade 24, 4020 Linz Phone [+43 732 7720-11364](tel:+43732772011364) E-Mail Web [ Arrival ](#ttgCollapseAnreise) ---------------------------------- [ Prices ](#ttgCollapsePreise) -------------------------------- **General price information**Different price categories [book a ticket](https://www.musicasacra.at/programm/bachvent "New window") [ Accessibility ](#ttgCollapseBarrierefreiheit) ------------------------------------------------- Not suitable for wheelchairs. The property is not compliant with Austria's ÖNORM legal standard. [ book a ticket ](https://www.musicasacra.at/programm/bachvent "New window") [To the website](http://www.musicasacra.at/) powered by [TOURDATA](https://www.tourdata.at "New window") [Suggest a change](#mailto) [ ![TOURDATA Logo](https://www.donauregion.at/fileadmin/templates/global/images/Logo-Tourdata.png "TOURDATA Logo") ](https://www.tourdata.at "New window")