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Bach St John Passion

Saturday 27th March,  at 7:30pm
St John’s Smith Square, London SW1 3HA

Conductor: Jeremy Jackman
Brandenburg Sinfonia

Evangelist: Ivan Sharpe
Christus: Edward Grint
Soprano: Katie Trethewey
Counter Tenor: Richard Wilberforce
Tenor: Simon Wall
Bass: David Stout

Tickets: £26, £22, £18, £14 (concessions 10%)
SJSS Box Office: 020 7222 1061; www.sjss.org.uk
EBC Box Office: 020 8560 3758 boxoffice@ebc.org.uk

The English Baroque Choir is delighted to be re-visiting this wonderfully rich and multilayered work in the grand acoustic environment of St. John’s Smith Square.
One of the true glories of the baroque choral repertoire, the St. John Passion is a work that musicians and audiences can return to time and time again; on each occasion discovering new facets of Bach’s artistry in writing this sublime masterpiece.
 

SING WITH THE ENGLISH BAROQUE CHOIR! 

 
We are a friendly group of singers of a wide age range with Baroque music at the heart of a much broader repertoire.
We are currently looking for approx. 10 new members to join for our exciting 32nd season which includes a recording, London concerts, workshop, an open singing day and a tour abroad!

If you are a confident singer with good sight-reading ability we would like to hear from you. Opportunities to sing solos semi-choruses also exist for the most able.

We meet Monday evenings 6.45 – 9.30 pm in central London and rehearsals are purposeful and fun and followed by most of us by a visit to a local pub.

Click on the ‘Sing with us’ – link on the left for more information or simply contact our Membership Secretary Kirstie Ashdown directly on either membership@ebc.org.uk or on 07734 753477 to arrange an audition.

ENGLISH BAROQUE CHOIR
 
Over the past 30 years, we have become one of London’s leading amateur choirs, developing a reputation for musicality, imaginative programming and choral enthusiasm. 

Under the baton of Jeremy Jackman our reputation and repertoire continues to grow.  The choir’s spiritual home is with Handel, Bach and Purcell but its repertoire ranges wide, encompassing Britten, Elgar, Tippett, Finzi, Poulenc and Rheinberger.

Our last season included a tour to France, a very successful Singing Day in London, open to all singers, a concert of music by Carissimi, Mozart and Scarlatti, a sell out Christmas concert at St Martin-in-the-Fields conducted by Sarah Tenant-Flowers, and culminated with a concert at St John’s Smith Square, celebrating the anniversaries of two masters of baroque music, Handel and Haydn.

EBC’s annual programme always includes performances in St. John’s Smith Square and other major London venues. However the EBC is committed to getting good choral singing widely heard both in and beyond London, having toured in France, Germany, Holland and Italy. The choir returned to France, giving two concerts in June 2008.

 



Vice-Presidents Leon Lovett
Neil Mackie CBE
Carl Rütti
Musical Director Jeremy Jackman
Accompanist Robin Kimber

Forthcoming Concerts
Thursday 18 March 2010
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Handel: Messiah

Saturday 27 March 2010
St John's, Smith Square
Bach: St John Passion

Saturday 12 June 2010
Strangnas Cathedral, Sweden
Cathedral Concert

Sunday 13 June 2010
Vasteras Cathedral, Sweden
Cathedral Concert

Saturday 3 July 2010
St Giles-in-the-fields, WC2
Music for Double Choir 1500-1900

For further information please contact info@ebc.org.uk
English Baroque Choir is registered under the Charities Act 1960
Registered Charity No. 800398