Cheltenham Bach Choir
Events
The choir is involved in many cultural and musical events throughout Cheltenham, the county of Gloucestershire and further afield. These events include hosting the annual Spring Festival of the Baroque - a weekend of music performances selected from the Baroque period (1600 - 1750). Other events have included overseas concert tours as well as collaborations with other choirs throughout the UK.
The choir also arranges fund-raising events and social events for members.
Spring Baroque Festival
Cheltenham Bach Choir’s Spring Festival of the Baroque
brings three days of outstanding Baroque music
to Cheltenham the weekend before Easter.
29 March - 31 March
Chapel Arts
Cirencester Parish Church
St Matthew's Parish Church, Cheltenham
Satoko Doi‑Luck
Friday 29th March
Bach and Before
Satoko Doi‑Luck
Harpsichord recital
Chapel Arts, Cheltenham
7.30pm
Satoko was the Junior Fellow in Harpsichord/Continuo at the Royal College of Music, and also a participant of the Handel House Talent Scheme 2015-2016. She has performed with La Serenissima, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Birmingham Opera Company, English Chamber Orchestra, Tenebrae and the Shakespeare's Globe.
James Gilchrist
Saturday 30th March
J S Bach: St John Passion
Cheltenham Bach Choir
Musical and Amicable Society Baroque Orchestra
Cirencester Parish Church 7.30pm
David Crown Conductor
James Gilchrist The Evangelist
Matthew Durkan Jesus
Jessica Cale Soprano
Ben Williamson Alto
Rhys Batt Tenor
Sung in German
Felicity Turner
Sunday 31st March
Concert of Bach Cantatas
Cheltenham Bach Choir
Felicity Turner
St Matthew’s Church,
Cheltenham at 3.00pm
The programme includes:
“Lobet den Herrn alle Heiden", BWV 230
“Christ lag in Todes Banden” BWV 4
“Ich habe genug” BWV 82
Felicity was the winner of the 2018 Cheltenham Baroque Singing Competition. Cheltenham Bach Choir is delighted that she will be singing with them in the closing concert of the 2019 Spring Baroque Festival.
About the Baroque period
The word baroque is derived from the Portuguese word barroco and is generally used to describe the style of art and music in Western Europe from 1600 to 1750, one of the richest and most diverse periods in music history.
Many of the forms identified with Baroque music originated in Italy, including the cantata, concerto, sonata, oratorio, and opera. Music academics and aficionados attributed the Italian composers Monteverdi, Corelli and Vivaldi to the early Baroque period and by the mid-eighteenth century Bach, Handel, Telemann and others were included. Purcell is, perhaps, the most famous English composer regarded as being part of the Baroque period.
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Tickets and discounts
Tickets for all concerts for the Spring Baroque Festival can be purchased securely online via Ticket Source
Students: Buy all three concert tickets for £18
Adults: Buy all three concert tickets together for £36
Venue information
Chapel Arts
Knapp Road,
Cheltenham GL50 3QQ
Friday 29th March 7.30 pm
Cirencester Parish Church
5 Market Pl, Cirencester GL7 2NX
Saturday 30 March 7.30 pm
St Matthew’s Church
44 Clarence St, Cheltenham GL50 3PL
Sunday 31 March 3.00 pm
Other Events
Göttingen Concert Trip
Through the twinning of the town of Cheltenham with Göttingen in Germany, links have been developed with a local choir in the town and the two choirs regularly organise exchange visits with concerts.
This year the exchange took place between the 31 October and 4 November.
On the 3 November the choir performed A Sea Symphony by Ralph Vaughan Williams with the Göttingen Stadtkantorei and the Göttingen Symphony Orchestra in the St Johannes Church in Göttingen.
“ A fantastic, memorable and hugely emotional evening in Göttingen. Wonderful work from two fab choirs and an orchestra that truly delivered. I feel very lucky to have experienced this ”
David Crown
Musical Director
Cheltenham Bach Choir
Gallery
Cheltenham Bach Choir 
