Today is Advent Sunday. Take a moment to listen to a setting of Martin Luther's hymn "Nun komm der Heiden Heiland" BWV 62, performed at Leipzig 300 years ago on 3 December 1724.
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What a wonderful evening of Bach @StBartholomews last night. 4 hugely talented singers made a Prize Final to stay long in the memory.....and the winner is.... the tenor Sebastian Hill. @BBCRadio3 @BBCInTune @ClassicFM
@GermanAmbUK@BrumLordMayor@StadtLeipzig When I brought the Leipzig Thomanerchor to the UK in 1994 for their first ever UK visit, we gave a special concert in the old town hall where Mendelssohn once directed We performed the 2nd version of Bach's Johannes-Passion. Margaret Steinitz
This wk at LBS Bachfest:
Tues 19th Nov Singers Prize Final, 7pm £15 at door
Fri 22 Nov Bach concert: Cantatas BWV 26, 133, Violin Concerto BWV 1052R Tkts at the door £25, £20 £15 from 6.15pm. 18-30s FREE. https://t.co/HguM8RiZ5Z
St. Bartholomew-the-Great. West Smithfield EC1
Tonight at 7pm @mayfairparish the semi final of the LBS Bach Singers Prize. Jury : soprano Julia Doyle, Director & Keyboardist Christopher Bucknall & violinist Rodolfo Richter. The 8 semis will each sing a recit & an aria from a Bach Passion. Tkts £15 at the door, 18-30s Free
@TheRSC We remember Tim with great affection. He read St. Matthew's Gospel during the interval of one of our performances being recorded by BBC Radio London. Such care and attention to the detail. RIP Tim
Fri 15th Nov 7.00pm LBS Bach Singers Prize Semi Final Tkts £15 at the door from 6.15pn, 18-30s free. The semi finalists are listed on the LBS website https://t.co/HguM8RiZ5Z. Final at 7.00pm on 19 November @StBartholomews@guildhallschool@RCMLondon@RoyalAcadMusic@BBCRadio3
9 November 1989. On this momentous day the infamous Berlin Wall fell, uniting Germany, families, businesses...and music. A whole new life began this day. @GermanEmbassy@GermanAmbUK
LBS Bach Singers Prize competition Update:
8 Singers go through to the Semi Final on Fri 15 Nov at 7.00pm @mayfairparish Come and cheer them on. Tkts £15 at door from 6.15pm. 18-30s FREE.
This week at Bachfest:The Felix Ensemble debut at Wax Chandlers Hall, 6 Gresham Steeet EC2, 7.00pm on Wed 6 Nov tkts £20, 18-30s free. At the door from 6.15pm.
Thurs 7 Nov from 10.30am, 1st Rd Bach Singers Prize (private). 17 entries vie for place in semi-final.
Beat the budget blues at LBS Bachfest on 31 Oct @mayfairparish @RichardCBJones [email protected]
"Ein feste Burg..."BWV 80 will be performed, small scale. Here is the original...
"For me one of the best programmes on @BBCRadio3 is "Through the night". Wonderful music featured. The perfect cure for insomnia as my mind is constantly at work listing all I have to do to bring our Bachfest alive again after a break of 2 years."! #LBS Margaret Steinitz
A new group at LBS Bachfest: A London debut for The Felix Ensemble playing Bach Bbg 3 & Art of Fugue plus Mendelssohn's great Octet. 7pm, 6 Nov Wax Chandlers Hall EC2 Tkts £20 https://t.co/HguM8RiZ5Z 18-30 Bach Club tkts FREE. Pic is Group Founder Jane Gordon