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 include the annual Come and Sing Day, 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
brought three days of outstanding Baroque music
to Cheltenham over the last weekend of March
The programme included:
Bach and Before
Satoko DoiLuck
Harpsichord recital
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.
J S Bach: St John Passion
Cheltenham Bach Choir
Musical and Amicable Society Baroque Orchestra
David Crown Conductor
James Gilchrist The Evangelist
Matthew Durkan Jesus
Jessica Cale Soprano
Ben Williamson Alto
Rhys Batt Tenor
Concert of Bach Cantatas
Cheltenham Bach Choir
Felicity Turner
“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.
Come & Sing 2019
Saturday 19 October 2019
The annual Come and Sing day is suitable for singers of all ages and abilities, those who just want to sing and those interested in joining Cheltenham Bach Choir. We look forward to having you with us for what promises to be a lovely day of choral music-making.
Details coming soon.
Other Events
Göttingen Concert Trip 2018
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.
In 2018 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
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Cheltenham Bach Choir is an Equal Opportunities organisation
