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 next event will be a concert performance of Henry Purcell's wonderful opera "Dido & Aeneas" on 14th June in Lewes Town Hall. Tickets will be on sale from this website soon.
Our performance of Bach's St Matthew Passion was a resounding success, with comments of
"a triumph!", "superb playing!", "amazing soloists" and "the best performance I have heard the East Sussex Bach Choir sing". We also enjoyed spending time with & performing with our friends from Kantoerei Hochrhein from Waldshut. A large group of ESBC singers travelled to Waldshut for a return joint performance on Palm Sunday.
We are pleased to include on the Programme Notes of this website notes kindly provided by Richard Wigmore, Radio 3 presenter and lecturer.
East Sussex Bach Choir has also presented 4 exciting linked events over the last two weeks, all of which have been very successful.
Education Project
In addition to all our concerts & events, we have been working closely with local primary and secondary schools to bring the music of Bach and especially that of the St Matthew Passion to their students. Our collaboration has involved directly supporting groups in schools to learn more about Bach and the Passion. We will also welcome these groups and other students from local schools to join rehearsals to learn and appreciate how musicians and singers collaborate to produce a performance of a one of the greatest works in the classical repertoire. We hope that by sharing our expertise in, and love for, this wonderful music, young people may develop real enthusiasm for it and enrich their musical knowledge.
If you would like to help us raise funds for the wonderful series of concerts & events, please visit our new "Support Us Through Just Giving" Page
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
OUR NEXT CONCERT
Saturday 14th June 2025
7.00pm Lewes Town Hall
PURCELL
DIDO & AENEAS
East Sussex Bach Choir
Musical Director John Hancorn
The Baroque Collective
(Leader Alison Bury)
Soloists to include:
Rebecca Leggett as Dido
Kristian Thorkildsen as Aeneas
Sumei Bao Smith as Belinda
Tickets:
£25, £20, £15
Accompanied under 16 free
Further information & tickets on sale here soon
For ticket information please contact:
tickets @eastsussexbachchoir.org