The Bach Choir
The Bach Choir is a large independent musical organisation founded in London, England in 1876 to give the first performance of J. S. Bach's Mass in B minor in Britain.
The choir has around 240 active members. Directed by David Hill (Yale Schola Cantorum/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra) it regularly performs and records across London and the UK, including at the Royal Festival Hall, Royal Albert Hall and Abbey Road Studios.
The choir's patron is King Charles III. Its conductor laureate was David Willcocks, who was the choir's musical director from 1960 to 1998. Other musical directors have included Charles Villiers Stanford, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Reginald Jacques.
In 2013, John Rutter was appointed president of the choir, following the death of Leopold David de Rothschild in 2012. Its vice presidents are Janet Baker, Felicity Lott, Roderick Williams and Sam Gordon Clark.
The Bach Choir has performed for many film scores, including Kingdom of Heaven, Prometheus, Robin Hood, The Chronicles of Narnia, Shrek the Third, Jack the Giant Slayer, and The Martian. The choir has also released many acclaimed recordings, including Howells's Stabat Mater and Missa Sabrinensis; Vaughan Williams's Dona Nobis Pacem / Sancta Civitas (2010), which received a Gramophone award nomination; and Frederick Delius's A Mass of Life, which received a coveted Choc de Classica from French classical magazine Classica, and was named Album of the Week by The Sunday Times and The Telegraph.
Other projects include work with John Rutter and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and designer Richard Quinn at London Fashion Week, and appearances on The Andrew Marr Show, BBC Radio 3, BBC One, Sky Arts and Sky Sports News. The Bach Choir regularly commissions new music, including from Roxanna Panufnik, Gabriel Jackson, Gavin Higgins, Carmen Ho, Charlotte Harding, James Wilson, Des Oliver, and Heloise Werner.
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Requiem: I. Requiem & Kyrie Eleison (orchestrated for two pianos, organ & percussion by Richard Blackford) - Verdi: Requiem - Richard Blackford's Orchestration for Two Pianos, Organ and Percussion -
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Requiem: IIa, Dies Irae (orchestrated for two pianos, organ & percussion by Richard Blackford) - Verdi: Requiem - Richard Blackford's Orchestration for Two Pianos, Organ and Percussion -
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Requiem: IIb. Tuba mirum (orchestrated for two pianos, organ & percussion by Richard Blackford) - Verdi: Requiem - Richard Blackford's Orchestration for Two Pianos, Organ and Percussion -
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Requiem: IIc. Liber scriptus (orchestrated for two pianos, organ & percussion by Richard Blackford) - Verdi: Requiem - Richard Blackford's Orchestration for Two Pianos, Organ and Percussion -
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Requiem: IId. Quid sum miser (orchestrated for two pianos, organ & percussion by Richard Blackford) - Verdi: Requiem - Richard Blackford's Orchestration for Two Pianos, Organ and Percussion -
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Requiem: IIe. Rex tremendae (orchestrated for two pianos, organ & percussion by Richard Blackford) - Verdi: Requiem - Richard Blackford's Orchestration for Two Pianos, Organ and Percussion -
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Requiem: IIf. Recordare (orchestrated for two pianos, organ & percussion by Richard Blackford) - Verdi: Requiem - Richard Blackford's Orchestration for Two Pianos, Organ and Percussion -
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Requiem: IIg. Ingemisco (orchestrated for two pianos, organ & percussion by Richard Blackford) - Verdi: Requiem - Richard Blackford's Orchestration for Two Pianos, Organ and Percussion -
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Requiem: IIh. Confutatis (orchestrated for two pianos, organ & percussion by Richard Blackford) - Verdi: Requiem - Richard Blackford's Orchestration for Two Pianos, Organ and Percussion -
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Requiem: IIi. Lacrymosa (orchestrated for two pianos, organ & percussion by Richard Blackford) - Verdi: Requiem - Richard Blackford's Orchestration for Two Pianos, Organ and Percussion -
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Requiem: III. Domine Jesu (orchestrated for two pianos, organ & percussion by Richard Blackford) - Verdi: Requiem - Richard Blackford's Orchestration for Two Pianos, Organ and Percussion -
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Requiem: IV. Sanctus (orchestrated for two pianos, organ & percussion by Richard Blackford) - Verdi: Requiem - Richard Blackford's Orchestration for Two Pianos, Organ and Percussion -
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Requiem: V. Agnus Dei (orchestrated for two pianos, organ & percussion by Richard Blackford) - Verdi: Requiem - Richard Blackford's Orchestration for Two Pianos, Organ and Percussion -
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Requiem: VI. Lux Aeterna (orchestrated for two pianos, organ & percussion by Richard Blackford) - Verdi: Requiem - Richard Blackford's Orchestration for Two Pianos, Organ and Percussion -
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Requiem: VII. Libera Me (orchestrated for two pianos, organ & percussion by Richard Blackford) - Verdi: Requiem - Richard Blackford's Orchestration for Two Pianos, Organ and Percussion -
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Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 “Pastoral”: I. Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande. Allegro ma non troppo - Live - Live at the British Library -
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Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 “Pastoral”: II. Szene am Bach. Andante molto mosso - Live - Live at the British Library -
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Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 “Pastoral”: III. Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute. Allegro - Live - Live at the British Library -
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Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 “Pastoral”: IV. Gewitter, Sturm. Allegro - Live - Live at the British Library -
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Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 “Pastoral”: V. Hirtengesang. Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm. Allegretto - Live - Live at the British Library -
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Fantasia in C Minor, Op. 80, “Choral Fantasy”: I. Adagio - Live - Live at the British Library -
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Fantasia in C Minor, Op. 80, “Choral Fantasy”: II. Finale: Allegro - Live - Live at the British Library -
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Fantasia in C Minor, Op. 80, “Choral Fantasy”: IIb. Allegretto ma non troppo quasi andante con moto - Live - Live at the British Library -
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Bach Inspired
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St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1 (Excerpts): No. 54, O Sacred Head Surrounded by Crown of Piercing Thorn! [Arr. for Choir] - Bach Inspired -
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Glow - Bach Inspired -
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St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2 (Excerpts): No. 32, How Falsely Doth the World Accuse! [Arr. for Choir] - Bach Inspired -
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Cruelty Has a Human Heart - Bach Inspired -
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St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1 (Excerpts): No. 15, Receive Me, My Redeemer [Arr. for Choir] - Bach Inspired -
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Inner Phrases - Bach Inspired -
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St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1 (Excerpts): No. 25, O Father, Let Thy Will Be Done [Arr. for Choir] - Bach Inspired -
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Dreams in the Garden of Love’s Sleep - Bach Inspired -
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St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2 (Excerpts): No. 62, Be Near Me, Lord, When Dying - Bach Inspired -
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Easter Wings - Bach Inspired -
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St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1 (Excerpts): No. 44, Commit Thy Way to Jesus [Arr. for Choir] - Bach Inspired -
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Who Has Seen the Wind? - Bach Inspired -
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St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: Chorus Come Ye Daughters - Ffrr Pioneers, Vol. 5: J. S. Bach - St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1 -
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St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: Recitative and Chours, When Jesus Had Finished - O Blessed Jesus - When Jesus Understood It - Ffrr Pioneers, Vol. 5: J. S. Bach - St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1 -
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St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: Recitative and Aria, My Master and My Lord - Grief for Sin - Ffrr Pioneers, Vol. 5: J. S. Bach - St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1 -
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St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: Aria, Break in Grief - Ffrr Pioneers, Vol. 5: J. S. Bach - St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1 -
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St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: Recitative and Chorus, Now the First Day - He Answered and Said - Ffrr Pioneers, Vol. 5: J. S. Bach - St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1 -
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St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: Recitative and Aria, Although Our Eye with Tears Overflow - Jesus Savior - Ffrr Pioneers, Vol. 5: J. S. Bach - St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1 -
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St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: Recitative and Chorus, and After They Had Sung an Hymn - Here Would I Stand Besides Thee - Ffrr Pioneers, Vol. 5: J. S. Bach - St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1 -
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St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: Recitative, Chorus and Aria, Then Cometh Jesus - O Grief - I Would Besides My Lord - Ffrr Pioneers, Vol. 5: J. S. Bach - St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1 -
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St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: Recitative, Chorus, Recitative, and He Cometh - O Father Let Thy Will Be Done - Then Cometh He - Ffrr Pioneers, Vol. 5: J. S. Bach - St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1 -
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St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: Duet and Chorus, Behold My Saviour - Ffrr Pioneers, Vol. 5: J. S. Bach - St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1 -
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St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: Recitative and Chorus, and Behold One of Them O Man - Thy Grievous Sin - Ffrr Pioneers, Vol. 5: J. S. Bach - St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1 -
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