Cisterscapes

Ebracher Musiksommer: Baroque Virtuosos
2026-06-28 15:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Kaisersaal, former abbey, Ebrach, Marketplace 1, Ebrach, Choose federal state:, 96157, Germany
Baroque Virtuoso
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major BWV 1068
Concerto for violin, oboe and orchestra in C minor BWV 1060R
Concerto for two violins and orchestra in D minor BWV 1043
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Water Music, Suite II in D major
Orchestra with Gewandhaus musicians Leipzig
Gerd Schaller, conductor
Festive baroque music in the Kaisersaal with works by Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel has always been very popular. When musicians from the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra also perform this concert, the crowds are particularly large. Experience has shown that the Leipzig orchestra’s traditional guest performance as part of the Ebrach Summer of Music sells out quickly – so it’s worth booking your tickets early!
Under the title VIRTUOSES BAROQUE, the program this time features true gems of the Baroque repertoire, with the solo concertos presented promising a very special treat for the ears. Johann Sebastian Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 3 offers particularly festive sounds, and the famous Air from it is one of Bach’s best-known works. His concerto for violin and oboe is often regarded as an adaptation of Bach’s earlier harpsichord concerto, with the violin and oboe taking on the role of the harpsichord. In the concerto for two violins, on the other hand, the two soloists enter into an exciting competition. The program is rounded off by the D major suite from Handel’s Water Music, which revives the former splendour of a royal river journey. A musical treat that is guaranteed to delight!
Subject to change without notice.
Tickets at 39 | 44 | 49 €

Guided tours Ebrach: In search of clues in the heart of the monastery landscape!
2026-06-28 15:30 - 17:00
Guided tours in Ebrach
If you come to Ebrach, you suddenly imagine yourself in the middle of the Steigerwald in a baroque residential town. We follow in the footsteps of the gray monks who owned this region. Even though the former monastery has been home to a prison for over 150 years, traces of the once mighty self-sufficient monks can still be found everywhere. In 2024, the Ebrach monastery landscape was awarded the European Heritage Label. Follow in the footsteps of the Cistercians with us and find out why!
An overview tour of the town center with churches and gardens – searching for clues in the heart of the monastery landscape
Meeting point: In front of the former orangery (Cisterscapes information center), Oberer Abteigarten, Ebrach.
Season: From May to October every Sunday, 15:30-17:00
Advance ticket sales online at: https://www.bamberg.info/veranstaltungen/rundgang_in_ebrach_auf_spurens-569119-12525635/
or on site at the information center.
Prices: €9 per person; €8 with volunteer card; children and young people up to the age of 16 free of charge.
Searching for clues in the heart of the monastery landscape can also be booked as a group tour.
Advice and individual coordination of priorities on 0951 85 721
Price: 90 € maximum group size 25 people.
Duration approx. 90 minutes.
Guided tours in foreign languages on request.

INTERNATIONAL ORGAN CONCERTS EBRACH: Thomas Ospital (titular organist, Saint-Eustache, Paris)
2026-07-05 17:00 - 18:30 | Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Ebrach (former abbey church), Bamberger Strasse 2, Ebrach, 96157, Germany
PROGRAM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Prelude and Fugue in C major BWV 545
Georg Böhm (1661-1733)
Vater unser im Himmelreich
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
Sonata in F major, Wq 70
Marcel Dupre (1886-1971)
Symphonie-Passion op. 23, Die Welt in Erwartung des Erlösers
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Die Toteninsel, transcribed by Louis Robilliard
Thomas Ospital (born 1990)
Improvisation

Free admission.
We would be delighted to receive your donation for the preservation of the organs!

Ebrach Music Summer: KLANGKATHEDRALE
2026-07-26 17:00 - 18:30 | Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Ebrach (former abbey church), Bamberger Strasse 2, Ebrach, 96157, Germany
SOUND CATHEDRAL
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Mass No. 1 in D minor
Te Deum
Munich Philharmonic Choir
Rehearsal: Andreas Herrmann
Philharmonie Festiva
Gerd Schaller, conductor
Subject to change without notice.
The now legendary and internationally acclaimed Bruckner cycle in Ebrach with the Philharmonie Festiva continues – this time with two monumental choral-symphonic masterpieces by Anton Bruckner. His Mass in D minor once made such a lasting impression on conductor Johann Ritter von Herbeck that he persuaded Bruckner to move to Vienna. The Te Deum, in turn, is one of the most impressive musical eulogies of all.
A truly monumental sound experience awaits you – with a top-class cast: the Munich Philharmonic Choir, which has already celebrated great success with Bruckner’s Mass in F minor, Herbeck’s Great Mass, Goldmark’s opera Merlin and, most recently, Haydn’s Creation at the Ebrach Music Summer, guarantees top musical quality this year too – together with the Philharmonie Festiva and an international ensemble of soloists.
The former Ebrach Abbey Church will once again become a cathedral of sound. An experience that you will not only hear, but feel. Don’t miss out on it.
Tickets at 29 | 39 | 44 | 54 €

INTERNATIONAL ORGAN CONCERTS EBRACH: Markus Eichenlaub (Cathedral Organist, Kaiserdom, Speyer)
2026-08-23 17:00 - 18:30 | Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Ebrach (former abbey church), Bamberger Strasse 2, Ebrach, 96157, Germany
PROGRAM
Karl Borromäus Waldeck (1841-1905)
Organ Fantasy in C major
Jesús Guridi (1886-1961)
Variaciones sobre un tema vasco
Johann Gottfried Walther (1684-1748)
Partita “Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend”
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Praeludium in C BWV 545/1
Air BWV 1068 (organ arrangement by Sigfrid Karg-Elert)
Fuga in C BWV 545/2
Guy Bovet (*1942)
Salamanca (para un òrgano barroco espanol)
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)
from: First Partita in E major op. 100
Canzona (2nd movement)
Finale (7th movement)

Free admission.
We would be delighted to receive your donation for the preservation of the organs!

INTERNATIONAL ORGAN CONCERTS EBRACH: Konstantin Reymaier (Cathedral Organist, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna)
2026-10-03 17:00 - 18:30 | Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Ebrach (former abbey church), Bamberger Strasse 2, Ebrach, 96157, Germany
PROGRAMME
César Franck (1822-1870)
Choral No. 1 in E major
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Partite diverse sopra “Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen” BWV 770
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Nachtstücke op. 23
Charles Marie Widor (1844-1937)
Symphony No. 6 in G minor, Finale

Free admission.
We would be delighted to receive your donation for the preservation of the organs!

Ebrach Abbey and the Cistercian pond farm - trip in a vintage bus
2026-10-10 | Omnibus Vogel Höchstadt/Aisch, Große Bauerngasse 62, Höchstadt/Aisch, Bavaria, 91315, Germany
The trip with the Vogel vintage bus takes us to Ebrach where we explore the impressive former Cistercian monastery – a glimpse into the splendor of times gone by.
We then enjoy regional specialties in a traditional Franconian restaurant before taking a walk through the Weihergrund nature reserve. Here we learn exciting facts about the historic pond farming and enjoy the idyllic landscape around the ponds
Finally, we visit the Steigerwald Center in Handthal, where insights into the nature and culture of the region await us and we end the day with coffee and cake.
Booking with Omnibus-Vogel.
