Singing the Reformation 1
St Michael's Church Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Platz, Lüneburg, GermanyLunchtime Prayers with Motets
Singing the Reformation 2
Lüne Abbey Lüneburg, GermanyKloster mahl anders Festival:
Vespers
Singing the Reformation 3
Lüne Abbey Lüneburg, GermanyKloster mahl anders Festival:
Christ lag in Todesban
Singing the Reformation 4
Mariensee Abbey Mariensee, GermanyKloster mahl anders Festival:
Vespers
Singing the Reformation 5
Mariensee Abbey Mariensee, GermanyKloster mahl anders Festival:
Christ lag in Todesbanden
Singing the Reformation 6
Gartenkirche St Marien Marienstraße 35, 30171 Hannover, GermanyMorning Service at the Gartenkirche
Bach Revived
New College Chapel Holywell Street, OxfordA programme of three of Bach's cantatas and two of Schmann's rare works for organ as part of the Oxford Lieder Festival
Wake Up to Bach!
New College Chapel Holywell Street, OxfordIt’s time to wake up to two of Bach’s amazing choral and orchestral works written to be performed as part of his annual cycle of church cantatas.
All Roads Lead to Bach
St Mary Magdalen's Church Magdalen Street, OxfordAn evening of music for unaccompanied violin from before and after Bach's time, featuring Bojan Čičić.
Bach Christmas Oratorio
New College Chapel Holywell Street, OxfordJoin us for one of Oxford’s most evocative seasonal events in the magical setting of New College Chapel. Oxford Bach Soloists’ Christmas Oratorio is sure to be a memorable way to celebrate Christmas this year.
Calming the Storm
New College Chapel Holywell Street, OxfordOxford Bach Soloists begin their 2017 season with two cantatas composed especially for the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany. This is a rather special date as it only occurs when Easter is very late.
Spirits of the Earth
New College Chapel Holywell Street, OxfordThree wonderful works for chorus, soloists and orchestra were all written between 1713 and 1725 and focus around the story of the Parable of the Sower.
The Wages of Sin
New College Chapel Holywell Street, OxfordOne of Bach’s rarer latin settings and a cry for Mercy sets the scene for the dissonant opening to Bach’s Cantata calling us to ‘Resist Sin’. Dating from Bach’s days as court composer at the Schlosskirche (court chapel) of Weimar this is one of the composer’s more unusual works for solo alto.
Passion
New College Chapel Holywell Street, OxfordOne of Bach’s best loved works, his extravagant St John Passion is presented by an ensemble of soloists, four-part choir and orchestra.
Easter Oratorio
New College Chapel Holywell Street, OxfordBach’s colossal 1725 Easter Oratorio with its festive scoring is paired with Bach’s Easter Cantata and a new and haunting world premiere by Colin Riley.
Edward Thomas: A Centenary Celebration in Words and Music
Stratford Artshouse 14 Rother Street, Stratford-upon-AvonOxford Bach Soloists perform Colin Riley's new and haunting work bringing together fragments of Thomas’ collected poetry.
Lutheran Vespers
New College Chapel Holywell Street, OxfordThe Orchestra of Oxford Bach Soloists and New College Choir present an authentic recreation of Lutheran Vespers, the context for which JS Bach was writing his cantatas.
Reformation 500: Sun and Shield
St Columba's URC Church, Alfred Street, Oxford, OX1 4EH Alfred Street, OxfordDiscover more about JS Bach's spectacular Cantata 79 ‘Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild’ (God the Lord is sun and shield) in this first event in the series celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Reformation.
Royal Wedding
New College Chapel Holywell Street, OxfordAn exploration of 'heavenly' Royal Weddings sets the theme for this concert dominated by Handel’s magnificent DIXIT DOMINUS.
Out of the Depths
New College Chapel Holywell Street, OxfordExplore the fascinating and moving settings of the profound text ‘Out of the depths have I cried unto thee’ by JS Bach and his baroque contemporaries.
