Past Concerts
See details of recent Leicester Bach Choir concerts and reviews.Our Past Concerts
Recent Leicester Bach Choir Concerts
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...
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 Reviews
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 eponymous...
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:...
Easter Concert Saturday 9th April 2022
Musica Gallacia An Evening of Musique à la Française Saturday 9th April 2022, 7:30pm St James the Greater, London Road, Leicester Francis Poulenc - Gloria Olivier Messiaen - O sacrum convivium Cesar Franck - Psaume 150 Charles Gounod - Gallia Maurice Durufle - Quatre...
Autumn Concert Saturday 27th November 2021
St James the Greater, London Road, Leicester. Conductor: Richard Laing. Programme. J.S. Bach, O Jesu Christ meins Lebens Licht. Lieder by Richard Strauss and Brahms. Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem Soprano: April Fredrick Baritone: Geoff Williams Pianists: Jennifer...
Past Leicester Bach Choir Concert Reviews
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.