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BACHFEST 2026
Celebrating LBS 80th ANNIVERSARY
30 October-10 November 2026. Festival Programme includes Bach Cantatas from 1726, Chamber Music from the Rautio Piano Trio in a City Livery Hall and LBS Bach Singers Prize. Mark the dates and come and join us. Here are the main events:-
Friday 30 October at 7.00pm including Bach Cantatas BWV 72,BWV 17 Tkts £25.00, £20.00, £15.00 unreserved at St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield EC1 (St Paul’s or Barbican tubes) In advance or at the door from 6.15pm. Scroll down to book via PayPal and collect at door if booked after 25 Oct.
Wednesday 4 November at 7.00pm The Rautio Piano Trio “Patronage and Influence: From J C Bach to Marianne Martins to Beethoven” at Wax Chandlers Hall, 6 Gresham Street EC2 (St. Paul’s tube). A rare opportunity to hear a period fortepiano and chamber music given in a City Livery Hall.. Tickets £25.00 unreserved in advance or at the door from 6.15pm Scroll down to book via PayPal and collect at the door if booked after 30 October.
Tuesday 10 November at 7.00pm Bach Cantatas BWV 130 and BWV 207, and A minor violin concerto BWC 1041 to mark the LBS 80th Anniversary at St. Bartholomew-the-Great, West Smithfield EC1 (St Paul’s or Barbican tubes) Tickets £25.00, £20.00, £15.00 all unreserved, in advance or at the door from 6.15pm Scroll down to book via PayPal and collect at the door if booked after 4 November..
Bach Singers Prize at St. George’s Hanover Square W.1. open to the public: The Semi Final Mon 26 October at 7.00pm Tickets £20.00 The Final Friday 6 November at 7.00pm Tickets £20.
PRIZE Semi-Finalists. Tim Morgan, Louisa Stuart-Smith, Daisy Livesey, Will Prior, Helena Paish, Georgie Malcolm, Dominic Felts, Ben Hendry-Watkins, Elen Lloyd Roberts. You are invited to come to St. George’s Hanover Square from 4pm onwards on Monday to try out your programme and the acoustic. This opportunity must end by 6.00pm. The performances will begin at 7.00pm and all nine should be ready and rest in the Vestry before being called. Free entry for 18-30s. Do encourage family and friends to come and support. Up to 4 finalists will be named after the performances have been assessed. Enjoy!
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To help celebrate our 80th anniversary, LBS is presenting another Bach Singers Competition.
Here are the Rounds: SEMI FINAL MONDAY 26 OCTOBER 7pm ST GEORGE’S HANOVER SQUARE W.1, 7pm Open to the public Tickets £20 each in advance via PayPal or at the door from 6.15pm
THE FINAL FRIDAY 6 NOVEMBER ST. GEORGE’S HANOVER SQUARE W.1, 7pm. Open to the public. Tickets £20 in advance via Paypal or at the door from 6.15pm
Bachfest and Prize information will be regularly updated from now onwards.
More news about this and the Bach world in general in the next edition of ‘Bach Notes’ published soon Free.
Updated: Friday 23 October
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