Cheltenham Bach Choir
Events
The choir is involved in a number of cultural and musical events throughout Cheltenham, the county of Gloucestershire and further afield. These events include hosting the annual Spring Festival of the Baroque which took place in March this year. Other events include the annual Come and Sing day in October. This year we invite members of the public to come and sing The Armed Man composed by Karl Jenkins. The choir also participate in overseas concert tours and collaborations with other choirs throughout the UK.
The choir also arranges fund-raising events and social events for members.
Come & Sing 2019
Come & Sing : THE ARMED MAN
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 superb day of choral music-making.
The Armed Man is a Mass for chorus and soloists by the Welsh composer Karl Jenkins. The work was commissioned for the Millennium by the Royal Armouries Museum and is dedicated to victims of the Kosovo crisis. Essentially the work is an anti-war piece based on the structure of the Catholic Mass, with additional sources including the 15th-century folk song L'homme armé and an Islamic Call to Prayer performed by a professional mu'addhin. The text includes words from other religious and historical sources, including the Bible and the Mahabharata. Writers whose words appear in the work include Rudyard Kipling, Alfred Lord Tennyson, and Sankichi Toge.
10.00 - 16:00
Conducted by David Crown
Booking details will be available soon.
Spring Baroque Festival
PAST EVENT
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.
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.
David Crown
Musical Director
Cheltenham Bach Choir
Gallery
Cheltenham Bach Choir
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Cheltenham Bach Choir is an Equal Opportunities organisation
