Category Archives: Reviews

RUSSIA came to St Thomas Church, Goring, on Saturday evening when Reading Bach Choir performed the sublime Rachmaninov Vespers.The audience arrived and left in falling snow and were seated amid soft candlelight in the beautiful Norman church so appropriate to … Continue reading →

It doesn’t come better than this Newbury Weekly News 20/3/2008 There is a timeless spirituality about Reading Bach Choir performing JS Bach. Their St Matthew Passion was sublime. Perfectionist JanJoost van Elburg rehearsed them long and hard and the resulting … Continue reading →

Pride in Choir Entitled The Bach Family and their contemporaries, this concert featured choral works by the most famous Bach (Johann Sebastian), his second cousin Johann Ludwig, and his father-in-law Johann Michael. The arresting opening piece was Johann Michael’s lively … Continue reading →

Glorious musical evening The Reading Bach Choir returned to its roots on Saturday evening with a concert entitled Glorious Baroque. This is truly a glorious genre of European music, and the concert featured arguably the greatest baroque composer of them … Continue reading →