WELCOME
We are the East Sussex Bach Choir. Our aim is to perform a varied repertoire of baroque and renaissance works to a very high standard. We engage professional soloists and high-quality period players to bring experience and excellence to our performances. We follow the practice of ‘historically informed performance’, getting as close as possible to the composer’s original intention. While the choir’s repertoire certainly includes the works of JS Bach and other baroque composers, it is by no means limited to these.
OUR NEWS
2024-2025 Season
Our concert in celebration of St Cecilia, the patron saint of music, on Saturday 23rd November was a great success. A packed St Michael's Church heard a performance of music by Purcell and Handel, in addition to "Ode to St Cecilia" by local Sussex composer Ed Hughes. It was particularly exciting to welcome Ed to our audience and to hear him speak about his composition.
The next performance will be a Carol Concert on 19th December, also at St Michael's, in aid of the Friends of Victoria Hospital, Lewes. This feast of wonderful Christmas music will include excerpts from "Messiah" and audience participation carols, so this is your chance to sing with the Choir! Tickets for this event are now on sale from this website.
The choir's major performance of the season will be Bach's St Mathew Passion, which will be an exciting joint venture with Kantorei Hochrhein from Waldshut. This concert will be in Lewes Town Hall on Saturday 29th March, following which members of the choir will be travelling to Waldshut for a joint performance in Germany.
There will be exciting additional events surrounding the St Matthew Passion concert which will be announced soon.
Keep in touch with our future plans by looking for details soon on this website. Why not join our mailing list by contacting us on info@eastsussexbachchoir.org
East Sussex Bach Choir has its own youtube channel where you can watch interviews & musical clips from rehearsals from all our recent concerts - ESBC youtube
OUR NEXT CONCERTS
Thursday 19th December 2024
7pm St Michael's Church, Lewes
Carol Concert
In Aid Of Friends of Victoria Hospital, Lewes
Katie Brown (Soprano)
Nick Houghton (Organ)
To include excerpts from Handel's "Messiah"
Directed by John Hancorn
Tickets £20 available here:
For ticket information please contact:
tickets @eastsussexbachchoir.org