BACHFEST '07
11-20 NOVEMBER

"You play Bach your way, and I'll play him his way"
Pioneering Harpsichordist Wanda Landowska

Main Events

THE DUTCH CHURCH
7 Austin Friars, EC2
[Bank tube: off Old Broad Street]

Remembrance Sunday 11 November at 11.00am

BACH CANTATA SERVICE
English Voices
Steinitz Bach Players
Stephen Farr organ continuo
Timothy Brown director

Arnfinn Tobiassen organ

We are invited to join the community at The Dutch Church in London in which a Bach Cantata will be performed in the context for which it was originally written. The Service is lead by Pastor Henk ten Napel and given in Dutch and English.

Before the Service
Praeludium in g minor BuxWV 149 - Buxtehude

Bach's Cantata
"Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal in das Reich Gottes eingehen" BWV 146
Composed for Third Sunday after Easter (Jubilate) at Leipzig 1726 or 1728

Buxtehude's Cantata (Anthem)
"Der Herr ist mit mir" BuxWV 15

Final Voluntary
Prelude & Fugue in a minor BWV 543 - Bach

ADMISSION FREE

All are welcome to attend
Early seat reservation is advised. Call 01883 717372
Or e-mail lbs@lonbachsoc.demon.co.uk
Reserved seats should be taken up by 10.45am

Access for the disabled

Given with the generous support of The Dutch Church in association with the London Bach Society

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THE PRIORY CHURCH of ST. BARTHOLOMEW-THE-GREAT
West Smithfield, EC1
[Barbican or St. Paul's tube]

Wednesday 14 November at 7.00pm for 7.15pm

LBS DIAMOND JUBILEE
This concert is a special celebration given before an invited audience to complete the Society's 60th anniversary celebrations. Scroll down to find out how you can obtain your invitation.

Angharad Gruffydd Jones soprano
Ian Partridge reader
Choir of Clare College Chapel Cambridge
Timothy Brown director

Rachel Beckett & Anthony Robson recorders
David Blackadder natural trumpet
Rodolpho Richter violin
Steven Devine organ & harpsichord
Steinitz Bach Players
Anthony Robson & Rodolpho Richter directors

By The Bach Family
Sei lieber Tag willkommen - Joh. Michael Bach
Der Gerechte, ob er gleich - Joh. Christoph Bach
Das ist meine Freude - Joh. Ludwig Bach

By Johann Sebastian Bach
Sinfonia from Cantata BWV 49
Solo Cantata "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen" BWV 51
Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G, BWV 1049
Chorale from Cantata "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147, with audience

By a church composer of today
The Lamb - John Tavener

ADMISSION IS BY INVITATION CARD

Applications are invited from the general public
Call 01883 717372 or E-mail us with your name and address to lbs@lonbachsoc.demon.co.uk and an invitation card will be issued (subject to availability)
Deadline: Monday 12 November

Access for the disabled

The evening is in aid of the London Bach Society's development campaign for which voluntary Gift Aid donations are invited.

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ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH
Hanover Square, W1
[Oxford Circus tube]

Tuesday 20 November at 7.30pm

Introducing
PICCOLA ACCADEMIA di MONTISI

Narrated and led by
Laurence Cummings
with
Warwick Thompson

Featuring harpsichordists
Tamar Halperin - Israel
Matias Häkkinen - Finland
Maria Uspenskaya - Russia
Marcin Swiatkiewicz - Poland

Serafin Camerata

Programme
Concerto in C major for two harpsichords - Bach
Prelude non mesure in a minor - Louis Couperin
The Hunt - John Bull
Toccata Quarta from Il primo libro - Frescobaldi
Allemande pour deux claveçins (from 9ième ordre) - François Couperin
Sonata in e minor K402 - Domenico Scarlatti
Air and Variations - Handel
Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D - Bach

Piccola Accademia di Montisi has been founded to provide a centre of excellence for historic performance, with a special emphasis on the harpsichord. To close its 60th anniversary season, the LBS is delighted to introduce to London a new, imaginative and innovative academy that is located in a hilltop medieval village in Southern Tuscany.

Come and find out what this little gem is all about!

Tickets are: £18, £12. Student Tickets £5 each

Credit Cards accepted with booking fee - Telephone only - Call 01883 717372 - or send cheque (payable to London Bach Society) to LBS, 73 High Street, Old Oxted, Surrey RH8 9LN

Tickets on sale at the door from 6.45pm

Access for the disabled

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BACHFEST SCHOOLS PROJECT, 2007
(not open to the public)
Tuesday 13 November from 3.00pm-4.45pm
THE WAREHOUSE, 13 Theed Street, SE1

DANCING 2 BACH with BGA's Youthbridge
Mary Collins - dancer
Steinitz Bach Players
Anthony Robson - director/recorder/oboe

This special project within the LBS Bachfest enables pupils to get to know more about the German musical language and heritage as part of their spoken language studies, to learn some 18th century dances and to perform them with Steinitz Bach Players, who play instruments of the period. For many pupils this is the first Bach experience.

This year Mary Collins, the UK expert in baroque dance, will teach the pupils assembled a contredanse and a minuet.

The Dresden Connection
This year we are inviting 22 pupils from schools in Dresden to join pupils from Youthbridge member-schools in Britain for our 2007 dance presentation. Bach visited the famous baroque city of Dresden many times to enjoy the rich musical life in this centre of good taste and fashion. As the newly appointed Dresden Court Composer, he also gave the inaugural recital on the Silbermann organ in the Dresden Frauenkirche on 1 December 1736.

Our Dance project with BGA's Youthbridge is one of the London Bach Society's Development Initiatives launched as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

While the 2007 project is not open to the general public, we hope to be able to open it up in 2008.

WATCH THIS SPACE

Given with the generous help of the Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Kultus, the UK Dresden Trust and the German Embassy in London.

Visit: www.britishgermanassociation.org

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Future Events

Come and see STEINITZ BACH PLAYERS playing
Bach Cantatas at Bath Abbey with:
Dame Emma Kirkby, Robin Blaze, Nathan Vale and Stephen Varcoe
Saturday 19 April 2008 at 7.30pm
Visit: www.chantry-singers.org.uk

Coming to Bachfest in November 2008:
Steinitz Bach Players @ 40
2nd LBS Bachfest Competition (Singers)
Dancing to Bach 3
and lots more...

(Click here for archived details of Bachfest '06)