2018 Events
Bring & Buy Sale
Thursday 18 January 2018
St Stephen's Centre
At the end of our second rehearsal in January, we will be holding our annual Bring and Buy sale in aid of choir funds - the perfect destination for unwanted Christmas presents and any other items that de-cluttering and post-Christmas sort-outs may turn up very much based on the principle that one person's trash is another's treasure!!
Please bring items unpriced, however, as, although we are obviously trying to raise money, the idea is that everyone goes away feeling happy with their bargains.
We will delay our coffee break and end the rehearsal at 9.15 so that members can take their time to browse, play guess-what-it-is (in some cases!) and make their decisions. Must importantly, it is also a chance for the choir to socialise for a bit longer than is usually possible on a normal evening. We will finish by the usual time of 9.45.
In the past, items brought have included home-made chutnies, cordials and cakes, books, CDs, DVDs, children's toys and much, much more! The Bring and Buy is open to any interested party, especially, if they come with plenty of money and a determination to spend it rashly!
A nice £240.96 was raised for choir funds.
Please bring items unpriced, however, as, although we are obviously trying to raise money, the idea is that everyone goes away feeling happy with their bargains.
We will delay our coffee break and end the rehearsal at 9.15 so that members can take their time to browse, play guess-what-it-is (in some cases!) and make their decisions. Must importantly, it is also a chance for the choir to socialise for a bit longer than is usually possible on a normal evening. We will finish by the usual time of 9.45.
In the past, items brought have included home-made chutnies, cordials and cakes, books, CDs, DVDs, children's toys and much, much more! The Bring and Buy is open to any interested party, especially, if they come with plenty of money and a determination to spend it rashly!
A nice £240.96 was raised for choir funds.
Bach St John Passion
Saturday 17 March 2018, 7.30 pm
St Stephen's Church, Lansdown, Bath
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International tenor Rogers Covey Crump leads BCG's Lenten offering of J.S. Bach's St John Passion. With familiar soloists and period orchestra, this is simply not to be missed.
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Party in the City - Bath Festival
Friday 18 May 2018, 8.30 pm
St Michael's Without, Broad Street, Bath
We joined loads of other choirs and groups for Bath Festival's Party in the City for which we sang a few things from our up-and-coming summer concert as well as sang with the band Rock and Roll Angels in their song 'Peaceful'.
Here's a video of us singing Elgar's False Love from Scenes from the Bavarian Highlands.
Here's a video of us singing Elgar's False Love from Scenes from the Bavarian Highlands.
Summer Concert
Saturday 9 June 2018, 7.30 pm
St Swithin's Church, 37 The Paragon, Bath
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Bath Cantata Group invites one and all to their summer concert to be held in St Swithin’s Church, The Paragon, Bath on Saturday 9 June 2018 at 7.30 pm.
Topping the bill is Elgar’s beautiful Scenes from the Bavarian Highlands written after holidaying in that Germanic region. Staying in Germany we also present three wonderful miniatures by Bruckner - Locus iste, Os justi and Christus factus est. Alongside these BCG presents Pergolesi’s Magnificat, Parry’s Blest Pair of Sirens and many other choral gems. Don’t miss what’s sure to be an enjoyable evening! |
COME & SING CHORAL WORKSHOP
Karl Jenkins The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace
St Luke's Church, Hatfield Road, Bath, BA2 2BD
KARL JENKINS - THE ARMED MAN:
A MASS FOR PEACE
Price includes score hire
Bath Cantata Group (Bath’s longest running chamber choir, established in 1955) is delighted to invite singers to our fifth Come and Sing Choral Workshop. We will be singing the choruses from Karl Jenkins' moving and exhilarating The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace.
The workshop will take place at St. Luke’s Church, Hatfield Road, Wellsway, Bath, BA2 2BD on Saturday 3 November 2018.
The workshop and performances will be directed by BCG MD Neil Moore and accompanied on St. Luke’s wonderful grand piano by Alan Burgess.
The workshop begins at 10.00am with registration from 9.30am. There will be an informal performance at 3.30pm— it’s open to all, and the day will end at 4.15pm.
Refreshments in the form of tea, coffee and a selection of cakes will be available throughout the day for a small donation but please bring a packed lunch should you require something more substantial.
To register, please print the attached PDF and send it to Jane Paxton.
A MASS FOR PEACE
Price includes score hire
Bath Cantata Group (Bath’s longest running chamber choir, established in 1955) is delighted to invite singers to our fifth Come and Sing Choral Workshop. We will be singing the choruses from Karl Jenkins' moving and exhilarating The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace.
The workshop will take place at St. Luke’s Church, Hatfield Road, Wellsway, Bath, BA2 2BD on Saturday 3 November 2018.
The workshop and performances will be directed by BCG MD Neil Moore and accompanied on St. Luke’s wonderful grand piano by Alan Burgess.
The workshop begins at 10.00am with registration from 9.30am. There will be an informal performance at 3.30pm— it’s open to all, and the day will end at 4.15pm.
Refreshments in the form of tea, coffee and a selection of cakes will be available throughout the day for a small donation but please bring a packed lunch should you require something more substantial.
To register, please print the attached PDF and send it to Jane Paxton.
To register, please print this application form and send it to Jane Paxton.
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WWI Remembered
Saturday 24 November 2018
St Stephen's Church, Lansdown, Bath
Bath Cantata Group recalls the end of World War I with a concert full of music for remembrance.
Karl Jenkins’ evocative and powerful The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace leads the billing, dedicated to victims of the Kosovo crisis. Alongside this is Vaughan Williams’ Dona nobis pacem written in 1936 as a plea for peace by referring to recent wars during the growing fears of a new one. John Tavener’s Exhortation & Kohima beautifully state the familiar texts ‘They shall grow not old’ and ‘When you go home, tell them of us and say: For your tomorrow we gave our today’.
This concert promises a moving and poignant evening and we’d be honoured to have you with us.
Karl Jenkins’ evocative and powerful The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace leads the billing, dedicated to victims of the Kosovo crisis. Alongside this is Vaughan Williams’ Dona nobis pacem written in 1936 as a plea for peace by referring to recent wars during the growing fears of a new one. John Tavener’s Exhortation & Kohima beautifully state the familiar texts ‘They shall grow not old’ and ‘When you go home, tell them of us and say: For your tomorrow we gave our today’.
This concert promises a moving and poignant evening and we’d be honoured to have you with us.
