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My Spirit Sang All Day
Saturday 9th May 7.30pm
St Andrews Church, Caversham
“What beauty has thou found?...Music from heaven….” The words of Poet Laureate Robert Bridges bring inspiration to Reading Bach Choir’s program of English partsongs.
Come and revel in the joy of this thrilling concert of favorites and uncommon gems.
Tickets available here for £18 or £20 on the door. U18s £5
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An Evening of British and American Choral Classics
Saturday 16th May 7.30pm
St James' Church, Sussex Gardens, London W2 3UD
Reading Bach Choir is delighted to be performing a joint concert with Swarthmore Garnet Singers from Pennsylvania. The programme will have choral gems from both the UK and USA, some sung by each choir and some with us coming together. We hope you will join us. It promises to be a lovely evening in a beautiful central London location.
Tickets £15 here or on the door. Concessions £10 for U18s, unwaged, students.
Finzi Friends Day - Concert
Saturday 4th July 3pm
St Nicholas Church, West Mills, Newbury RG14 5HG
Finzi Friends are marking the 70th anniversary of the death of Gerald Finzi with a day of celebration and have invited the Reading Bach Choir to join them in their afternoon concert.
As well as the Reading Bach Choir, the concert features Jonathan Eyers (baritone) and Janet Hilton (clarinet) with Gavin Roberts (piano). Nicholas Shaw conducts. Music includes the Seven Partsongs of Robert Bridges; the Bagatelles for clarinet and piano; and songs from Earth and Air and Rain.
Tickets are £25 here. Information about the free talk in the morning can also be found via the ticket link.
Saturday 12th September 2026
Come and Sing Workshop with Matthew Hamilton, Hallé Choral Director
(Music Director of Reading Bach Choir 2010 - 2017)
Nicholas Shaw - accompanist
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Nicholas Shaw - accompanist
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Requiem Æternam
A choral day of well-loved movements from iconic Requiem settings including
Verdi Dies Irae, Brahms Denn wir haben, Mozart Rex tremendae, Fauré Agnus Dei
Caversham Heights Methodist Church, 74 Highmoor Road, Caversham RG4 7BG
Tickets £25 (U18 £15) to include music hire, tea and coffee. Please bring your own lunch (no alcohol)
Doors open 9.45 am to start singing 10.30 am. The day finishes with an informal 'concert' - friends and family welcome from 4pm - and ends at 5pm. Plenty of local street parking.
We are recruiting
On 13 March 2027, as part of our 60th anniversary celebrations, we will be singing
Bach’s B Minor Mass in Greyfriars Church, Reading.
Join now to sing this glorious music with us.
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