Posted 20 October 2021
Special Guests: Tenebrae, director Nigel Short
LATEST: Booking is now open for the concerts on Friday 5 November & Tuesday 9 November, using either the Add to Cart button (scroll down) or by telephone 01883 717372 (Mon-Thurs 9.30am-4.00pm)
Bachfest 2021 – Autumn. For LBS 75th Anniversary
Friday 5 November at 7.00pm (please note start time) Steinitz Bach Players will celebrate #LBS75th2021. We are taking you to a new and exciting venue that supports classical music & serves food and drink as well – London’s Fidelio Café 91-95 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1R 5BX ( nearest tubes Farringdon or Chancery Lane). For us, performing at the Fidelio Café will be a 21st century version of the Coffee-Haus concerts Bach directed with his students musical society at Leipzig in 1730s. Click here to visit the Fidelio Café. Our one hour programme will include Bach’s iconic Double Concerto; more items will be added in due course.
Bookings are £30 inc food each (drinks are extra – own cost on the night) Limited availability so get your booking in early. Use the Add to Cart button or telephone 01883 717372 and have your card handy. View this website for news of any remaining places thst are available after 4 Nov.
Tuesday 9 November, 7.30pm at St Bartholomew-the-Great, West Smithfield EC1 (Barbican or St Paul’s tube)
We are delighted to welcome back Nigel Short and his much praised consort, Tenebrae, who will give the world première of a new motet by Sir James MacMillan (pictured above), commissioned by London Bach Society with a generous donation from LBS Council Chairman Richard Jones. The new motet will be performed in a special programme, to include some of Bach’s most challenging writing for the voice, in the inspirational setting of London’s oldest church St. Bartholomew-the-Great, West Smithfield EC1.
Here is the programme: 3 superb Bach motets, 2 staples from the English repertoire…and the première of a brand new motet. In order….
Lobo – Versa est in luctum Click here to listen to Tenebrae sing Lobo’s most famous work (remember to skip the ads)
Bach Komm, Jesu, Komm BWV229, Jesu, meine Freude BWV 227,
Hubert Parry There is an old belief, William Harris – Bring us O Lord God
MacMillan I Saw Eternity the other night (LBS commission – first performance)
Bach Singet dem Herrn BWV 225
Booking Details: – £20.00 each. Book by using the PayPal button below or by telephone 01883 717372 (Mon-Thurs 9.30am-4.00pm). NOTE: Please be sure to include your email address so that we can keep in touch. 
FOR LIVE PERFORMANCES ONLY
Please note that when you complete your booking you will be asked to agree to the following Coronavirus Declaration: In advance by email AND at the door to show at entry. Preferably, masks should be worn in the church, but own choice.
“I declare that I am not aware of having been infected with Covid-19 over the last 14 days nor of having come into contact with anybody infected over the last 14 days. By attending this event I acknowledge the contagious nature of Covid-19 and voluntarily assume the risk that I may become exposed or infected, and that such exposure or infection may result in severe consequences to my health. I hereby accept not to hold London Bach Society, its trustees and staff, the performers and other people in attendance responsible for any illness, injury or damage to my health resulting from a Covid-19 infection, whether this happens before, during or after the event”. Click here to download and print out
Autumn Edition of our Journal “Bach Notes” is published. Click HERE to download your copy
Updated 20 October 2021
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