Dorset Bach Cantata Club
Welcome!
2024/5 Programme
Vocal scores will be posted here at least 2 months before the weekend.
While most singers prefer to print in advance (some preparation is vital!) we may have a small number copies to lend on the day.
The Dorset Bach Cantata Club meets for three weekends each year at Sturminster Newton High School, Bath Road, Sturminster Newton DT10 1DT. Exception: May 2024 - see below.
The Club provides a unique opportunity for amateur choral singers to study, rehearse and perform these inspiring, deeply spiritual, joyous works. There is no audition.
We sing Bach in German. You do not need to be a German speaker. Help is given with pronunciation and diction, and translations are available. Choir sections sing all recitatives and arias.
The choir rehearses intensively on Saturday, with expert direction and keyboard accompaniment. An invited orchestra joins the choir on Sunday. The weekend culminates in an informal performance for friends and family, from 16:30 to 17:30
We meet on the second weekends of February, May and October.
May 11/12 At the D’Urberville Centre, Wool BH20 6DL
Bach Cantata 119 Preise, Jerusalem, der Herrn
Cantata 171 Gott wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm
Cantata 192 Nun danket alle Gott
NB: we have plenty of copies of 171, but none of the other two! Please print your own.
October 12/13 2024 Back in Sturminster!
Bach Cantata 118 O Jesu Christ, mein’s lebens Licht
Cantata 146 Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal
Motet BWV 230 Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden
February 8/9 2025
Bach Cantata 61 Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland
Cantata 182 Himmelskönig, sei willkommen
May 10/11 2025
Bach Cantata 29 Wir danken dir, Gott
Cantata 63 Christen, ätzet diesen Tag
The 100 Club is a restricted lottery (i.e. open only to singers and orchestra) which yields vital income for DBCC while rewarding subscribers with cash prizes. Draws are held regularly. Join the 100 Club to help ensure our future. . Download the form here:
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