Summer Concert Review 18th June 2022

Summer Concert Review 18th June 2022

There is nothing in Leicester like the Bach Choir. For over 90 years, they have been putting on wonderful concerts, singing the music they like. And the music they like, just happens to include the most difficult pieces in the classical repertoire. In this concert we...
Review :: De Montfort Hall – Elgar: Dream of Gerontius

Review :: De Montfort Hall – Elgar: Dream of Gerontius

In a major musical event for Leicester, the Bardi’s 30th Anniversary Season opened with a landmark performance of Edward Elgar’s oratorio The Dream of Gerontius. For the first time Leicester Philharmonic Choir, Leicester Bach Choir and Leicestershire Chorale joined...
Parry: Songs of Farewell :: An Evening to Treasure

Parry: Songs of Farewell :: An Evening to Treasure

Conductor: Richard Laing Organist: Ivan Linford Dvořák: Mass in D Major :: The Leicester Bach Choir’s summer concert was notable for two things in particular: the imaginative pairing of Parry’s Songs of Farewell with Dvorak’s Mass in D major, and the sheer quality of...
Come & Sing: Thomas Tallis – Spem in Alium

Come & Sing: Thomas Tallis – Spem in Alium

200 people came from all parts of the UK to take part in our Come & Sing, one person flying back from America the day before! Just some of the kind comments we received are below.   “We had a super day out and enjoyed singing Spem again! Fun morning...
Leicester Bach Choir: JS Bach: B Minor Mass

Leicester Bach Choir: JS Bach: B Minor Mass

The Leicester Bach Choir excelled themselves last week with a fine performance of the Bach B Minor Mass at St James the Greater. The opening Kyrie was spectacularly successful, beginning as it did with the entire choir pitching their notes perfectly from the...