Past Concerts
See details of recent Leicester Bach Choir concerts and reviews.Our Past Concerts
Recent Leicester Bach Choir Concerts
Eternal Peace – Saturday 30th November 2024
The young musicians from Northern College of Music were outstanding, especially the mezzo soprano and cellist… Beautiful voice! And the programme was serious… Requiem and music in tribute to the last Chair. My friend and I absolutely loved it. Wonderful start to...
Summer Awakening – 22nd June 2024
Saturday 22nd June 2024 Venue: St James the Greater, London Road, Leicester, LE2 1NE Josef Rheinberger - Stabat MaterGuillaume Lekeu - AdagioJ S Bach - Chorus and Chorale from Wachet AufFrank Bridge - A PrayerJohn Ireland - A Downland SuiteGeorge Dyson - Three Songs...
Exsultate Jubilate – Saturday 16th March 2024
Saturday 16th March 2024 St James the Greater, London Road, Leicester, LE2 1NE "A voice like spun gold and a face full of conviction." Features Joanne Lunn, international Baroque Soprano, with a small string orchestra, performing: Mozart - Exsultate JubilateScarlatti...
Come and Sing 2024. Puccini Messa di Gloria.
Welcome to our Gallery from Come and Sing 2024. Puccini Messa di Gloria. Saturday 27th January 2024. English Martyrs' Catholic SchoolAnstey LaneLeicesterLE4 0FJ Conductor Richard Laing.Pianist : Anita D’AttellisTenor soloist: Charne Rochford
Messiah – Saturday 9th December 2023
The Leicester Bach Choir's performance of Handel's Messiah on 9 December was a triumph - combining passion, intensity, pace and an exquisite interplay of voices within the choir and with the excellent soloists. It provoked a deserved and extended standing ovation from...
Summer Concert. 1st July 2023.
I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed your concert on Saturday evening - it was such a moving experience and I felt it was a privilege to be there. The whole programme was put together with such care. How lovely to hear that cello accompanying many of the pieces,...
Spring Concert Saturday 1st April 2023
Spring Concert. Saturday 1st April 2023. 7.30pm - 9.45pm. Dove: Vast Ocean of Light Lili Boulanger: Hymne au SoleilVierne: Hymne au SoleilHolst: Selections from Choral Hymns from the Rig VedaIreland: The HillsStanford: The Blue BirdElgar, arr. Phelps: Sea Pictures...
Come & Sing Day 2023 :: Verdi
... Past Come and Sing Day Saturday 30th April 2022 'Scenes from Elijah' by Mendelssohn. We featured greatest choruses from this wonderful work, including most of the central part of the story. We were lucky to have secured the services of James Oldfield as the...
Summer Concert Saturday 18th June 2022
Summer Concert, Saturday 18th June 2022, 7:30pm, St James the Greater, London Road, Leicester Leonard Bernstein. – Chichester Psalms. Louis Vierne. – Messe Solennelle. Leoš Janáček . – Otče náš Treble: Rafi Sirur Harp: Jean Kelly Percussion: Kieran O’Riordan Organ:...
Past Leicester Bach Choir Concert Reviews
Come & Sing Day 2023 :: Verdi
... Past Come and Sing Day Saturday 30th April 2022 'Scenes from Elijah' by Mendelssohn. We featured greatest choruses from this wonderful work, including most of the central part of the story. We were lucky to have secured the services of James Oldfield as the...
Summer Concert Reviews 18th June 2022
Although a little depleted in numbers, the Leicester Bach Choir were in fine voice at their Summer concert in St James the Greater on Saturday evening. The programme was varied and featured unusual combinations of organ, harp and percussion. An intricate and intimate...
Summer Concert Review 18th June 2022
…that’s the beauty of having the Leicester Bach choir with us: the sound, the repertoire, the shared concentration of being in a live concert. Let’s hope this group of people will continue singing the music they like: difficult, uncompromising, compelling music.
Benjamin Britten: War Requiem at De Montfort Hall, Leicester.
Saturday 10th November 2018 (Past Concerts) Benjamin Britten: War Requiem at De Montfort Hall, Leicester With Bardi Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Claus Efland With Leicester Philharmonic Choir Leicester Bach Choir Leicestershire Chorale Leicester Cathedral Choristers...
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
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
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 with...
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...
The Lark Ascending and Flos Campi – Vaughan Williams, An English Mass
Herbert Howells and selection from King Richard III - William Walton Conductor: Richard Laing Violin and Viola: Shulah Oliver With Bach Camerata Leicester Bach Choir wishes to thank the Herbert Howells Trust for their generous financial support of our March concert,...